Sudan sources say South Sudanese among captured RSF members as war rages

More than 10 South Sudanese person been captured successful the North Kordofan State successful cardinal Sudan, sources say.

The Sudanese subject has captured South Sudanese warring alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary radical successful battles that broke retired successful a cardinal portion of the state this week, according to sources successful the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

The sources told Al Jazeera that the service and its allied forces captured much than 10 members connected Thursday successful the towns of Kazqil and al-Rayash successful the North Kordofan State successful cardinal Sudan.

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They besides said that Sudan is astir to code the authorities of South Sudan and supply authoritative grounds proving the information of these elements successful the ranks of the RSF.

In a abstracted development, Hamid Ali Abubakar, information advisor to RSF commandant Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, was killed on with respective aides successful a drone onslaught carried retired by SAF adjacent the metropolis of Zalingei, the superior of Central Darfur state, RSF information advisor al-Basha Tabiq said connected Thursday evening.

Tabiq announced the decease successful a station connected Facebook, mourning “Commander Adviser Hamid Ali Abubakar”, who besides led the RSF’s “al-Saif al-Battar” subject unit, which operates chiefly successful northern, cardinal and occidental parts of the Darfur region.

Tabiq accused the SAF of “assassinating” Abubakar and warned it would “pay a dense terms for this crime”.

The 3 Kordofan states – North, West, and South – person seen weeks of fierce warring betwixt the service and the RSF, prompting tens of thousands of radical to flee.

Worsening humanitarian crisis

Thousands of families fleeing renewed warring successful Kordofan and Darfur person arrived successful the metropolis of Kosti, lone to find overcrowded camps and dwindling planetary support.

Meanwhile, the North Darfur Emergency Chambers Council warned of the worsening humanitarian catastrophe successful the Umbro locality of North Darfur State, wherever dense clashes are ongoing amid an RSF offensive.

The assembly said the portion is experiencing tragic conditions that person led to the forced displacement of much than 6,500 families.

Of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF controls each 5 states of the Darfur portion successful the west, but for immoderate bluish parts of North Darfur that stay nether service control.

The army, meanwhile, holds astir areas of the remaining 13 states successful the south, north, east, and centre, including the superior Khartoum.

Sudan’s humanitarian situation has sharply worsened since the warfare betwixt the service and the RSF erupted successful April 2023 implicit a quality connected unifying the subject establishment, sidesplitting tens of thousands and displacing millions.