Sudan civil war: RSF accused of storming Darfur's Zamzam camp

Paramilitaries have been accused of burning a market and homes at a camp for displaced people.

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The Zamzam camp in North Darfur has been hit by intense artillery shelling since late last year, but this is the first time the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been accused of sending in fighters.

An eyewitness told the BBC the situation at the camp was "extremely catastrophic", and there were many casualties.

The nearby city of el-Fasher, one of the centres of the civil war that erupted in 2023, is already under siege by the RSF as it battles the army.

The military and RSF had been allies - coming to power together in a coup - but fell out over an internationally backed plan to move towards civilian rule.

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