Paramilitary fighters are accused of committing 'atrocious crimes' in Gezira state.
A senior UN official in Sudan says she is deeply troubled by reports of "atrocious crimes" in the central Gezira state, including the mass killing of civilians by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .
The 18-month conflict in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 11 million. In response, the RSF said its fighters would defend themselves and "decisively deal with everyone carrying arms". Ms Nkweta-Salam said the "atrocious crimes" were on a scale similar to those seen in Sudan's Darfur region last year, when the RSF was accused of "ethnic cleansing" communities seen to be opposed to it.
The Sudanese doctors' union called on the UN to push the two sides in the conflict to agree to safe humanitarian corridors into villages that were facing "genocide" at the hands of the RSF.
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