Meanwhile, refugees in five areas of the same state are suffering from famine, according to a study by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (Cifsa), a group of experts linked to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The fighting occurred in the city of Kutum, near Al Fasher, the state capital, usual scene of clashes between the forces of the TSC, headed by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, and the RSF paramilitaries, led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Unofficial sources located at the theatre of operations said that a dozen civilians also died caught in the crossfire, a fact that the military statement refrains from mentioning.
The Cifsa study includes 3.2 million people who crossed the borders with Chad, Egypt and South Sudan, fleeing the fighting.
What has been called Sudan’s forgotten war caused some 15 thousand deaths, a much higher number of wounded and more than 12 million refugees, the largest exodus so far recorded by that tragedy of modern times.
In April last year, generals al Burhan and Hamdan Dagalo, until then allies, clashed over the fate of the RSF, which the former wanted to integrate into the National Army, while the latter saw the proposal as an attempt to eliminating him from power.
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