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Army Accused of Allowing Violence in Sudan's West Darfur Towns
Legal rights activist Mohamed Tirab estimates that at least 460 people have died in the fighting in Sirba, 23km from El Geneina in West Darfur, with more than a thousand people wounded. Tirab, the Darfur Bar Association (DBA), and local tribal leaders are accusing the army of failing to protect civilians.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied gunmen took control of Sirba on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 and prevented people from leaving the town. RSF soldiers and allied Arab gunmen launched their first attacks on Sirba locality today, July 31, 2023.
Tirab told Radio Dabanga that the violence continued for at least four consecutive days after the many houses and shops at the market were plundered and torched on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
He called on humanitarian organisations to help those fleeing to Chad and appealed to the international community and the International Criminal Court to conduct an investigation, arrest the leaders of the militia that attacked the areas of Sirba, and to bring them to trial.
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