{"id":20045198,"date":"2023-07-10T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20045198"},"modified":"2023-07-11T12:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:07:54","slug":"heavy-fighting-in-north-kordofan-rsf-terrorising-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/heavy-fighting-in-north-kordofan-rsf-terrorising-town","title":{"rendered":"Heavy fighting in North Kordofan, RSF ‘terrorising’ town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EL OBEID \/ BARA – July 10, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clashes and heavy artillery shelling continued for the third consecutive day yesterday in and north of El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan. Many were killed and wounded in the clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio Dabanga correspondent in El Obeid, Gureshi Awad, reported that the shooting continued in the cit<\/a>y throughout Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeavy fighting in the western neighbourhoods provoked a wave of terror and panic. Missiles fell on houses and set them ablaze,\u201d he said. \u201cEl Obeid, besieged and vandalised, has become hell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that most medicines and other medical supplies have ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘El Obeid, besieged and vandalised, has become hell’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The RSF have also been accused of “terrorising” Bara, a town north of El Obeid, attacking civilians and looting homes and banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angered civilians reportedly took to the streets<\/a> to chase the RSF out of the town and eventually succeeded, but the paramilitary troops are still present in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are afraid to leave their homes,\u201d one witness told Sudan Post<\/em>. \u201cThey are afraid of being attacked by the RSF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locals blame the army for being \u201cnowhere to be seen\u201d. The RSF are reportedly in control of the road between El Obeid and Bara.<\/p>\n