Dozens killed by paramilitary RSF in Sudan’s Gezira, aid groups say

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Families take shelter at a displacement site — Families displaced by RSF advances in Gezira and Sennar states shelter at the Omar ibn al-Khattab displacement site in Kassala state [File: Faiz Abubakr/Reuters]

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Dozens of civilians have been killed and thousands displaced in Sudan’s Gezira state, aid groups said, after several days of attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A union of doctors and a youth group said the RSF attacked several villages and towns in the east-central state of Gezira, looting and vandalising public and private properties, and leaving dozens dead, The Associated Press news agency reported on Saturday