Thousands Flee as Sudan’s Civil War Spreads to Crucial Aid Hub
- US calls on RSF militia to stop its advance on Wad Madani
- Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian relief
People try to get on top of the back of a truck moving along a road in Wad Madani, on Dec. 16.
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Fighting spread to a Sudanese city crucial to international aid efforts, forcing about 15,000 people to flee and threatening to deepen a humanitarian disaster caused by the eight-month-old civil war.
Clashes and air-strikes engulfed locations around Wad Madani over the weekend, with the US urging the Rapid Support Forces militia that’s battling Sudan’s army to halt its attack.