The attack was the largest in a string of dozens of attacks by RSF soldiers on small villages.
said on Thursday it would deliver a “harsh response” to an attack a day earlier on a village by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that pro-democracy activists said killed more than 100 people.
Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s statement followed accusations by the local activists that the army did not respond to pleas for help on Wednesday.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “The Secretary-General expresses his deep concern regarding the immense suffering of the Sudanese population as a result of the continued hostilities,” he said. “He stresses that it is high time for all parties to silence their guns across Sudan and commit to a path towards sustainable peace.”
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