Sharjah 24 – AFP: Thousands have fled a southern Sudan town, residents said Monday, after attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the army for nearly six months.
RSF fighters on dozens of armed vehicles attacked the town of Wad Ashana, on the border between North Kordofan and White Nile states, on Saturday, according to residents.
The worst of the violence has been concentrated in Khartoum and the western region of Darfur, but North Kordofan -- a crossroads between the capital and Darfur -- has also seen fighting.
Almost 4.3 million people have been displaced by the fighting within Sudan, in addition to around 1.2 million more who have fled across borders.
Dozens of families like Abdelbaqi's, who fled to save their lives but left everything behind, were holed up in schools in the area.
Footage posted to social media on Sunday by the RSF claimed to show fighters "taking over the Wad Ashana garrison in North Kordofan and advancing towards Kosti," the last major town on the road to South Sudan.
The Sudanese Armed Forces have not yet issued any comment on the situation there.
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