The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed on Tuesday that five of its volunteers lost their lives while delivering food aid in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, as violence continues to escalate amid the country’s ongoing civil conflict.
According to the IFRC, the volunteers were killed on October 27 in the city of Bara, where they were carrying out humanitarian work in official Red Crescent vests. The organization did not specify how the incident occurred or who was responsible. Three additional volunteers remain unaccounted for.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by this tragedy,” the IFRC said in a statement, emphasizing the dangers faced by aid workers operating in conflict zones.
The deaths occurred shortly after Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly seized control of Bara, a key city in central Sudan. The RSF has been battling the Sudanese army since April 2023 in a war that has devastated much of the country.
Human rights groups and activists have accused the RSF of committing widespread abuses during recent territorial advances in central Sudan and the Darfur region, with reports of numerous civilian casualties. Both the RSF and the Sudanese army have consistently denied responsibility for such violations, each blaming the other for atrocities committed during the conflict.
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