Witnesses accused the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting and killing non-Arabs.
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih & Danai Nesta KupembaThousands of people have been forced to flee the Sudanese region of West Dafur amid fears of ethnic cleansing, a medical charity says.
This comes after the RSF captured the Sudanese army headquarters in West Darfur's capital of El Geneina in recent days.It has been battling the army for control of the country since April.Medecins Sans Frontieres says that most of the 7,000 people who have crossed into Chad in the past three days are women and children who are fleeing with nothing.
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