Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that left at least 200 dead in Darfur

Death toll likely to rise, say witnesses to indiscriminate attacks on Kreinik and El Geneina by Sudan's notorious Rapid Support Forces

At least 200 people are now known to have died in West Darfur in the latest attack on civilians and local forces blamed on Janjaweed militia.

Darfur, the semi-arid western region of Sudan where a vicious civil war erupted in 2003, has seen a new outbreak of fighting over the past few months as rival groups clash over water and grazing land, shortages of which are being exacerbated by the climate crisis.