Clashes in southern Sudan leave at least 21 dead, medical group says
The violence displaced hundreds and followed a ceasefire initiative backed by the Rapid Support Forces last month, the Sudan Doctors Network said.
- On Thursday, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North attacked Debi and Luweri in Kauda, South Kordofan, killing at least 21 people, including women and children, the Sudan Doctors Network reported Friday.
- Forces under rebel leader Abdel Aziz al-Hilu targeted 10 Otoro villages between Aug. 20 and 26, displacing hundreds of civilians in the Nuba Mountains, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data.
- Fighting over land disputes has killed at least 158 people since March, and the Sudan Doctors Network condemned the recent violence as a clear violation of a ceasefire backed by the Rapid Support Forces .
- Ali Mahmoud Ali, an analyst with the Sudan Doctors Network, warned that these clashes risk drawing in additional Nuba clans and increasing divisions across South Kordofan, where communities face a dire humanitarian situation.
- Since 2023, Sudan's broader war has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced 13 million, with al-Hilu's forces aligned with the RSF battling the military, placing this localized violence within a wider conflict.
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On Friday, the Sudan Medical Network announced that at least 21 people, including women and children, had been killed by an attack on the "People's Movement-North" loyal to the Rapid Support Forces in Southern Kordofan State.
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Clashes in southern Sudan leave at least 21 dead, medical group says
A doctors' group says at least 21 people, including women and children, have been killed in southern Sudan.
Khartoum, 4 sept (Latin Press) A violent attack on villages inhabited by the Otoro tribe, native of the Nuba Mountains, left at least 21 dead and dozens injured, including women and children, met here today from medical sources. The post Allies of Sudanese paramilitaries leave 21 dead in Kordofan first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
Clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 21 people, including women and children, while violence continues to escalate in South Kordofan.
Kauda, September 4, 2026 – The Sudanese Doctors Network reported on Friday that 21 people, including women and children, were killed and others wounded in an attack by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on the Atoro tribe in Debi and Loiri, south and west of Kauda in South Kordofan State. The SPLM-N could not be reached for comment immediately. Kauda, the main stronghold of the SPLM-N led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, has witnessed cl…
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