Sudan: 'At least 1,300' killed in new massacre in West Darfur's el-Geneina
RSF, allied Arab militias targeted Massalit civilians in el-Geneina suburb of Ardamata in ethnic-based killings, witnesses and local activists tell Middle Eeast Eye | Around 1,300 people, mostly civilians belonging to the Massalit tribe, were slaughtered in Sudan's West Darfur over three days earlier this month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied Arab militias. The massacres in Ardamata, an area on the northeast outskirts of West Darfur's state capital el-Geneina, were committed after the RSF, a paramilitary force, expelled Sudanese soldiers from a military base in the suburb during battles from 2 to 6 November. ● For the second time in a matter of months, the streets of el-Geneina and its surroundings have been left filled with corpses. Witnesses said the scenes were reminiscent of June, when Arab militias and RSF fighters killed more than 500 people in what human rights organisations described as ethnic cleansing against the Massalit, a Black African tribe.