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Corpses littered the streets of a district of Sudan's capital on Thursday, witnesses said, as the United Nations expressed alarm over escalating fighting in Darfur between the army and paramilitaries. "The bodies of people in military uniforms are lying in the streets of the city center after the fighting yesterday," a witness in Omdurman, located across the Nile River from Khartoum, told AFP by telephone.

ATACORA, Benin — The insurgents pressured Zackari to join their movement, and he turned them down. Now he’s frightened of their revenge. He has been on the run from the jihadi fighters for more than a year. They regularly call the 33-year-old, warning: “We haven’t forgotten about you.” Groups linked

The UN warned Friday of soaring rights violations in Sudan's western Darfur region amid escalating fighting seven months into the war between the army and paramilitaries.

The groups have spread from the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara desert into the coast of West Africa.

Children in Kass Locality of Sudan’s South Darfur State have not been vaccinated against preventable diseases since mid-April, local health officials have said.

UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan says war between army and paramilitaries is ‘horrific’

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) pointed to reports that more than 800 people had been killed by armed groups in Ardamata in West Darfur, an area that so far had been less affected by the conflict.

The UN warned Friday of soaring human rights violations in Sudans Darfur region and said they were "verging on pure evil," amid escalating fighting seven months into the war between the army and paramilitaries.

The UN warned Friday of soaring rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region amid escalating fighting seven months into the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

More than 800 people have been killed by armed groups in Sudan's West Darfur region in just a few days. The UN has called for "an immediate end to the fighting."