Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, has rampaged through several towns in Gezira state, south of Sudan's capital Khartoum.

The fighters from the notorious paramilitary brutally killed at least 120 civilians in a multi-day attack, according to diverse media reports and the United Nations. Other sources, however, speak of hundreds of civilian casualties in the past few days.

Scores of people were injured and more than 47,000 were displaced in these latest attacks, according to the UN Office of Civilian Aid (OCHA).

The latest massacre is a continuation of the brutality of the war that broke out in April 2023 when tensions between Sudan's army and the RSF exploded into open fighting.

Since then, almost 25,000 people have been killed, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data group which has been monitoring the conflict since it started.

In a report released on Wednesday, a UN fact-finding mission documents large-scale sexual violence in areas under RSF control and concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that these acts amount to war crimes.

The humanitarian situation in the country is considered catastrophic.

Sudan observers have pointed to the defection of Abu Aqla Keikel, a former RSF commander in Gezira state, as triggering these retaliatory attacks.

Keikel reportedly switched sides on October 20 when he and his troops........

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