"Suba Dafallah was selling vegetables at a market in the Sudanese city of Nyala one morning in March when he got a distressing call from his sister, saying their mother would like to speak to him. Come quickly. There are clashes in the town, he recalled his mother saying. He gathered his belongings, closed his stall and ran home as fast as he could."
"Members of the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces in a civil war since April 2023, had attacked a military camp in the city, in South Darfur, and were rampaging through residential areas. When he got to the family home, in Al-Jir neighbourhood, amid the chaos of gunshots and people scattering for their lives, he found the bloodied bodies of his mother and two sisters on the floor, with gunshot wounds."
"He is sheltering at the overcrowded Renk transit centre near the border, alongside more than 1,000 fellow nationals. After seeing the bodies of his mother and two sisters, Dafallah stepped outside, to see another of his sisters being taken away by RSF fighters. One hit him with the butt of his rifle as he tried to stop them. Dafallah's sister cried out his name as she was put inside a car and tied up."
Suba Dafallah fled Nyala after Rapid Support Forces attacked a military camp and rampaged through residential areas in South Darfur. He discovered his mother and two sisters shot dead in their Al-Jir neighbourhood home and witnessed another sister abducted by RSF fighters. He was struck with the butt of a rifle while trying to stop the abduction, then pursued the vehicle before collapsing. He buried his family members and undertook an 800-plus-mile flight to Renk, taking only the clothes on his back. The Renk transit centre is overcrowded with more than 1,000 Sudanese refugees. RSF fighters also attacked an IDP camp, burning a market and looting.
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