{"id":164015,"date":"2026-05-29T20:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/sudanese-medical-group-accuses-paramilitary-forces-of-killing-27-in-attacks-targeting-civilians\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:53","slug":"sudanese-medical-group-accuses-paramilitary-forces-of-killing-27-in-attacks-targeting-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/sudanese-medical-group-accuses-paramilitary-forces-of-killing-27-in-attacks-targeting-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese medical group accuses paramilitary forces of killing 27 in attacks targeting civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">Cairo&#8211; <\/span>A humanitarian organization on Friday accused forces affiliated with a Sudanese paramilitary group of targeting civilians in an area <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sudan\">Sudan<\/a> free from any military presence during <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/photo-gallery\/muslims-around-world-celebrate-eid-al-adha-photos-fd383e06a5644798bdc8e07775089f88\">major muslim holidays<\/a>27 people died, including elderly people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Sudan Doctors Network, a group that monitors violence across the country, blamed forces linked to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for attacking villages on Thursday in the al-Murra region, west of the city of Barah in North Kordofan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It said the attacks were worsening the already &#8220;devastating humanitarian conditions that civilians are suffering due to the ongoing war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Full-scale war broke out in April 2023 after long-standing tensions between the army and the Rapid Support Forces escalated. The Kordofan region has become one of the main epicenters of the conflict, with fighting intensifying on multiple fronts, including drone warfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The paramilitary RSF and its allies control the western Darfur region and areas of the Kordofan region along the border with South Sudan \u2013 both areas rich in oil fields and gold mines. There were also repeated clashes with RSF forces over Barah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Thursday&#8217;s attacks were carried out during the second day <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/photo-gallery\/muslims-around-world-celebrate-eid-al-adha-photos-fd383e06a5644798bdc8e07775089f88\">Eid al-Adha<\/a> or &#8220;Feast of Sacrifice&#8221;, an Islamic holiday celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Targeting villages and civilian areas in this horrific manner and exterminating civilians is a gross violation of international humanitarian law,&#8221; the doctors&#8217; network said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">earlier this month, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-war-rapid-support-forces-korodofan-doctors-692581c991ebcc67db237112bfb8d503\">intense clashes<\/a> More than 61 people, including nine children, were killed in South Kordofan in a clash between forces linked to the rebel group Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Movement-North and the Otoro tribe in southern Sudan. Last week, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-war-market-attack-74e4acca9b7e45fda759277dc320ea73\">drone strike<\/a> 28 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a bustling market in central Sudan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">War broke out in Sudan in April 2023 after long-running tensions between the army and the RSF escalated into full-scale war. conflict has killed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-war-by-numbers-0e73629e08d25beb5fea82c550d445f1\">at least 59,000 people<\/a>displaced approximately 13 million, and pushed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-south-kordofan-darfur-hunger-aid-food-7ba4ef69a3c24ef72fddd37329857368\">Many parts of the country are in the grip of famine<\/a>. More than 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Both of Sudan&#8217;s warring sides have been accused by the United Nations and rights groups <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-civil-war-two-year-anniversary-affaf351d8c0db5a3f704035d0ddac2a\">are being tortured<\/a>Which also includes ethnic cleansing, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-united-nations-rapid-support-forces-sudan-army-executions-8ab0a7f5fa5827f3c838b1349b3d1271\">extrajudicial killings<\/a> And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-rape-united-nations-1a41ab9e532a3bec683e21bdd6f2ca6a\">sexual violence<\/a> Against civilians. Aid groups say the actual toll may be much higher because access to areas of fighting in the vast country is limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cairo&#8211; A humanitarian organization on Friday accused forces affiliated with a Sudanese paramilitary group of targeting civilians in an area Sudan free from any military presence during major muslim holidays27 people died, including elderly people. The Sudan Doctors Network, a group that monitors violence across the country, blamed forces linked to the paramilitary Rapid Support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[3886,313,949,3663,2606,296,3719,10463,6331,4679],"class_list":["post-164015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bible-news","tag-accuses","tag-attacks","tag-civilians","tag-forces","tag-group","tag-killing","tag-medical","tag-paramilitary","tag-sudanese","tag-targeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164020,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164015\/revisions\/164020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}