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Homes torched, displaced cry for aid in Sudan’s Darfur

– ‘Nonsense,’ says Bashir aide –

He cited several reasons, in particular the actions of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) counter-insurgency unit that has “perpetrated attacks on communities”.

Rebel offensives, criminal activity and inter-communal fighting over access to resources have also increased, said Chambas.

The chief assistant to President Omar al-Bashir, Ibrahim Ghandour, has dismissed as “nonsense” suggestions that the RSF were behind abuses.

The latest unrest and a soaring number of displaced have evoked comparisons with the early stages of the Darfur war, which shocked the world more than a decade ago.

Government-backed Janjaweed militia were deployed after rebels began an uprising.

The conflict led to arrest warrants for Bashir and his Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein, both of whom are wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.

“What we saw was terrible, with troops looting and burning everything,” said Omer Adam, 27, who fled more than 120 kilometres to Zam Zam from El Taweisha in the state’s southeast corner.

He declined to say which forces were responsible.

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“Most people here are women and children. We want the government or the UN agencies to bring us shelters and water pumps, immediately.”

Al-Toma Mohammed, 30, a mother of three, said she escaped from an area called Bashim, in North Darfur.

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