Dozens killed in ethnic attacks on Sudan's Kordofan, doctors' group says

The Sudan Doctors Network says at least 27 people, including four children, were killed in attacks on the Otoro tribe in South Kordofan, forcing residents to flee toward Abu Hitan and Kadugli. The killings add an ethnic, land-dispute dimension to a civil war that has already displaced some 14 million people since fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023; a US push at the Security Council last week to widen Sudan's arms embargo has run into Russian and Chinese opposition.

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