Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a 'full-scale civil war' that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned.
Some of the more than 2.2 million people internally displaced by Sudan's war are staying at a university, turned into a makeshift shelter, in al-Hasaheisa south of Khartoum.KHARTOUM - Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a"full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.
After nearly three months of war between Sudan's rival generals, the air strike is the latest incident to provoke outrage.Around 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict, survivors have reported a wave of sexual violence and witnesses have spoken of ethnically targeted killings. There has been widespread looting, and the UN warned of possible crimes against humanity in the Darfur region.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , fighting the regular army, claimed that the strike killed 31.Since the war began, paramilitaries have established bases in residential areas, and they have been accused of forcing civilians from their homes.
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