At least 200 killed in three-day Sudan paramilitary assault

Displaced Sudanese children gather at a camp near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 11, 2025, amid the ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces. [AFP]

Sudanese paramilitaries killed more than 200 people in a three-day assault south of Khartoum, a lawyers' network said Tuesday, as the army-backed government put the death toll at more than twice that.

The Emergency Lawyers network, which has documented human rights abuses during 22 months of fighting between the rival security forces, said hundreds more were wounded or missing and feared drowned after the paramilitaries opened fire on villagers as they attempted to flee across the White Nile.