RSF Seizes Sudanese Safe Haven, Forcing Up to 300,000 to Flee

Humanitarian efforts in Sudan face major setback as conflict intensifies, with fears of further atrocities by the RSF.

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has seized the city of Wad Madani, previously a safe haven for hundreds of thousands displaced by the ongoing civil war.
Up to 300,000 people have fled the city, many on foot, to safer areas in the provinces of al-Qadarif, Sinnar and the White Nile.
The World Food Program has temporarily halted food assistance in some parts of Jazeera province due to the conflict, describing it as a 'major setback' to humanitarian efforts.
The RSF's takeover of Wad Madani has prompted fears of atrocities similar to those committed in the capital, Khartoum, and Darfur.
The conflict in Sudan has killed up to 9,000 people as of October, according to the United Nations, but activists and doctors’ groups say the real toll is far higher.