Tawila, April 15, 2025 (AFP) - 'We just ran': survivors recount escape from famine-hit Sudan camp

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2025-04-15
Amna Hussein didn't stop when the bullet hit her hand. She kept on running as paramilitaries attacked Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan's western Darfur region in the dead of night. "They entered Zamzam and started shooting at us," she told AFP in the small town of Tawila, 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of the huge famine-stricken camp, which by Sunday had fallen to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "I tied my hand with a cloth to stop the blood and......
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