The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary and allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur, the United Nations said Thursday.
By Sharon Braithwaite and Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — The head of a United Nations agency has called for an investigation into the killing of at least 87 people who were discovered in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur region.
The United Nations says the bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces and an allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur. The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Thursday that according to “credible information obtained by the agency,” the bodies …
As war rages in Sudan, the United Nations said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies were responsible for killing at least 87 people in the western region of Darfur.
A mass grave containing dozens of bodies has been uncovered in West Darfur, according to the United Nations. The victims were allegedly killed by Sudan’s paramilitary.
14 women and children are among the victims found in the shallow grave in Darfur, the epicenter of a 12-week conflict that's morphed into ethnic violence.
The UN Human Rights office said it had "credible information" that the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for the killings.
