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Relief Group Says RSF Fighters Killed 10 Civilians in Al-Nuhud, Sudan
By Maya Wilson
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A local relief group in Sudan said Saturday that members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had killed 10 unarmed civilians in different neighbourhoods of Al-Nuhud since Thursday, amid what the group described as a worsening security situation across the city.
The account came from the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee and was reported by Anadolu Agency. The group said the victims were killed in separate areas of Al-Nuhud, the second-largest city in West Kordofan state and the main city of the Dar Hamar area.
“RSF members killed 10 unarmed civilians in different neighborhoods of the city since Thursday,” the committee said.
The victims were not named, and the committee did not provide a number of people injured in the reported attacks. The Rapid Support Forces had not issued an immediate comment on the allegations.
According to the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee, security conditions had deteriorated across Al-Nuhud. The group said RSF members riding motorcycles had carried out attacks in several neighbourhoods.
The committee also reported a complete communications blackout in the city, including the loss of Starlink service. It said RSF members had continued to loot shops, raid homes and intimidate residents.
Those accounts remain the assessment and allegations of the local relief group. Anadolu reported no immediate response from the RSF.
City under RSF control since 2025
The RSF has controlled Al-Nuhud since May 2025, according to the Anadolu report. The city is a significant centre in the Dar Hamar area of West Kordofan.
The latest account of alleged killings comes as fighting has intensified elsewhere across the wider Kordofan region.
Sudanese officials said Friday that the army and allied forces had taken control of Al-Khuway, about 100 kilometres, or 62 miles, from Al-Nuhud, after clashes with the RSF.
Earlier, on November 7, the army took control of Ayal Bakhit, northwest of Al-Khuway, following fighting with the paramilitary group, military sources told Anadolu.
The developments around Al-Khuway and Ayal Bakhit are separate from the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee’s account of killings inside Al-Nuhud. Together, however, they form part of a wider period of intensified conflict across Kordofan.
Fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF has intensified across North, West and South Kordofan since October 25 last year, according to the same report.
War enters another phase of fighting
Sudan’s war broke out in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. Since then, the conflict has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis across the country.
According to United Nations estimates cited in the Anadolu report, the war has killed tens of thousands of people and forced nearly 13 million from their homes.
The Dar Hamar Emergency Committee’s latest statement adds to reports of worsening conditions in Al-Nuhud, where the group said attacks, looting, home raids and intimidation were continuing.
The reported communications blackout may further limit the flow of information from the city. The available account does not name the 10 civilians said to have been killed, provide details about their identities or report any number of injured people.
There was also no immediate response from the RSF to the committee’s allegations.
For now, the reported deaths remain an account attributed to the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee. The group says 10 unarmed civilians have been killed in different neighbourhoods of Al-Nuhud since Thursday, while security conditions in the RSF-controlled city have continued to deteriorate.
Maya Wilson
World Desk Lead, The Library Media
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