Sudan Darfur crisis: 'Everything civilians can use has been burned or destroyed' - BBC News

Large-scale destruction caused by Arab militias in western Sudan is now visible from space.

10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Over 90,000 people have fled violence in Darfur across the border with Chad, according to the UNHCRBy Barbara Plett-Usher in Nairobiand the BBC Verify team in LondonEntire villages in Sudan's West Darfur region have been burned to the ground by marauding militias, with aid agencies now warning the region is on the brink of a "humanitarian catastrophe".

Widespread looting and the destruction of vital infrastructure has left many with little to no access to food, clean water, and medicine.

A ceasefire between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to a lull in the violence around the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

But fighting has continued in Darfur, and as the conflict there enters its seventh week, the region appears to have plunged into chaos.

Those unable to flee the war have been digging ditches around their neighbourhoods and setting up barricades to keep out militia fighters who have been destroying everything in their path.

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