A Sudanese pro-democracy activists’ committee said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a village in El Gazira State, killing at least 100 people.
If confirmed, the attack would be the latest in a string of dozens of attacks by RSF soldiers on small villages across El Gazira State after it took control of the capital Wad Madani in December.
The RSF has been fighting the army for control of Sudan since April 2023 in a war that has killed thousands, displaced almost 8 million, and sparked warnings of famine.
“Wad Alnoura village witnessed a genocide on Wednesday after the RSF attacked twice, killing up to 100 people,” the pro-democracy Wad Madani Resistance Committee said in a statement on Wednesday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the RSF said it had attacked army and allied militia bases around Wad Alnoura but did not acknowledge any civilian casualties.
But the Wad Madani Resistance Committee accused it of using heavy artillery against civilians, looting, and driving women and children to seek refuge in the nearby town of Managil.
It shared photos of dozens of bodies wrapped for burial in an open square among large crowds of men.
“The people of Wad Alnoura called on the army to rescue them, but they shamefully did not respond,” the committee said.
The army-aligned Transitional Sovereign Council condemned the attack.
“These are criminal acts that reflect the systematic behaviour of these militias in targeting civilians,” it said in a statement.