The bodies of at least 87 people believed to have been killed last month in Sudan by paramilitary forces and their allies have been buried in a mass grave in Darfur, the UN said on Thursday. According to credible information collected by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, these people were killed between 13 and 21 June in the districts of Al-Madaress and Al-Jamarek in El-Geneina, the capital of the country. State of West Darfur. Among those killed are members of the Masalit tribe, according to the UN statement.
The conflict in Sudan has pitted the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, against the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo since April 15. Formerly allies, the two generals are now vying for power and seem determined to obtain it by force.