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Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan

The United States has strongly condemned paramilitary violence in western Sudan inflicted on civilians and aid workers in displacement camps in North Darfur.

The US has strongly condemned mounting paramilitary violence and the targeting of displacement camps in western Sudan. This criticism comes as paramilitaries declare they've formed a rival government to the country's armed forces.

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(Photo: Sudan's RSF soldiers, Khartoum, Sudan, 18 June 2019; Credit: Reuters)

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