Over One Hundred Killed in Sudan Border Attacks

(MENAFN) Brutal assaults in western Sudan near the Chadian frontier have claimed the lives of over 103 civilians and left 88 wounded, while razing entire communities and forcing more than 18,000 families to flee, a relief organization reported Sunday.

The carnage unfolds as hostilities have escalated in recent days between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur along the Chad border. The RSF has launched operations targeting Um Baru, Tina and Kornoy in a campaign to capture the territories.

Successive RSF offensives conducted between December 22, 2025, and January 16 struck Tina locality and surrounding communities, resulting in more than 103 civilian deaths and 88 injuries, the Tina local emergency room, a community-based relief group, announced in a statement.

The assaults hit public areas and civilian infrastructure, the statement noted, resulting in the incineration of whole villages and the exodus of more than 18,000 families toward the Chadian border.

The relief committee issued an urgent appeal to humanitarian, regional and international organizations, warning of a sharp deterioration in humanitarian conditions in the Tina locality and nearby areas.

Civilians are living under extremely difficult conditions due to the collapse of institutions and the disruption of basic services, posing an immediate threat to the lives of thousands of residents and requiring an urgent humanitarian response, it added.

In a separate development, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 575 people were displaced from the cities of Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan between January 15 and January 17 due to insecurity and ongoing fighting.

The two cities have been under siege by the RSF and its ally, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), since the early months of the war that began more than two years ago and have faced repeated artillery and drone attacks.

According to the agency, 215 people were displaced from Kadugli on January 17 as security conditions deteriorated, while 360 others fled Dilling between January 15 and January 17. The displaced families moved to White Nile State, which remains under the control of the Sudanese army.

The IOM said the situation in South Kordofan remains "volatile and tense," adding that its field teams will continue to closely monitor developments.

Earlier this month, the IOM reported that the number of displaced people across Sudan's three Kordofan states, North, West and South, rose to 64,890 between October 25 and December 30, 2025.

In recent weeks, the three Kordofan states have witnessed intense clashes between the army and the RSF, triggering the displacement of tens of thousands of civilians.

Of Sudan's 18 states, the RSF controls all five in the Darfur region in the west, excluding some northern parts of North Darfur that remain under army control. The army, in turn, holds most areas of the remaining 13 states in the south, north, east and center, including the capital, Khartoum.

The conflict between the army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has killed thousands and displaced millions.

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