The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) say they seized control of the base of the 21st Division of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in Zalingei, Central Darfur, at 02:00 today.
The claim follows the confirmed capture by the RSF of the important 16th Infantry Division base in the South Darfur capital of Nyala on Thursday, and further reports that the paramilitaries have 'liberated' Balila oilfield and airport in West Kordofan.posted on X , RSF Commander Ali Yagoub, surrounded by a group of his paramilitaries, says that they have taken 50 SAF officers and hundreds of soldiers prisoner, after taking control of the 21st Division base in Zalingei.
Yesterday morning, Seifeldin Abdallah, a resident of Zalingei, told Radio Dabanga of renewed exchanges of artillery shelling between the army and the RSF."A child was killed and three people were injured when a shell fell on the Hasaheisa camp for the displaced in Zalingei." The arrival of the force in Zalingei led to terror and panic in the city and caused the closure of the Grand Market and the markets of Merin and Abuja neighbourhoods. Farmers took shelter on their farms in anticipation of an all-out attack on the city, he said.for the displaced, adjacent to the army base for weeks, preventing water and food from entering the camp under the pretext that army soldiers obtained their food supplies from the camp.
People fear that the RSF now will move towards El Fasher, capital of North Darfur,"which could lead to an exodus and a new humanitarian crisis".
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