ICC News: Sudan’s upsurge in attacks on the Darfur region continue to bear horrifying witness accounts of atrocities and attacks on civilians. Darfur is remembered for a brutal genocide President Omar al-Bashir and his hired janjaweed militias perpetrated against a majority-Muslim population during the first decade of the 21st century. The continued focus on Darfur beckons us never to forget the equally terrible genocide happening in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan where a  Christian-majority population suffers without the spotlight because of their faith in Christ. Bashir has bombed that region repeatedly, targeting civilians and creating a massive displacement crisis. Bashir stands charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court because of his responsibility in the Darfur killing.

1/1/16 Darfur, Sudan (AllAfrica) –  The joint attacks by the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on villages in Jebel Marra continued for the second day in a row today. The mainstream Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdelwahid El Nur (SLM-AW) claims to have defeated a group of government troops near Guldo.

This morning, the government forces began sweeping villages north, west, and south of Fanga. Multiple villagers reported today that the government forces detained dozens of young men. The victims were humiliated, insulted with racist phrases, and “excessively beaten”.

Kaltoum Idris Nour (30), Emadeldin Haroun (35) years, and Seifeldin Yahya (40) were held in Seyonga village and taken to the military base of Fanga, one of the sources reported to Radio Dabanga.

He added that Abdelrahim Adam Hamid (30) was killed and four women were gang-raped in the village of Dolo, five kilometres north of Fanga.

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