• Sudan was once considered a safe refuge from the civil war.
• Rapid Support Forces have entered the city, causing residents to scatter in various directions.
• The situation is causing international concern over its widening impact.

In a distressing turn of events, around 250,000 people have fled the city of Wad Madani in Sudan, once considered a safe refuge from the civil war.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), engaged in conflict with the army, have now entered Wad Madani.

The city, located southeast of Khartoum, had been a sanctuary for many seeking safety from the ongoing strife in the capital. However, the situation has taken a dire turn, with residents scattering in various directions, as reported by aid workers on the ground.

“People are fleeing with nothing more than the clothes on their back with nowhere really to turn to, to go to,” Will Carter, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s country director for Sudan told the source.

A doctor from Wad Madani, in the process of leaving the city with his family, told the media by text: “We are looking for a safe place. None of the Wad Madani citizens will be able to talk to you now.

“Imagine how it feels when you don’t have any place to go, when all your years, your work, your glory, is gone within seconds. It is hard to speak.”

Residents in the city have reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a hospital and seized control of an army base. The ongoing conflict, initiated in April, is causing growing international concern over its widening impact.

Recently, the US State Department urged the RSF to halt its progression towards Wad Madani, a significant aid center. Washington expressed reservations, noting that the group’s actions contradict its declared mission of safeguarding Sudanese civilians.

Additionally, there are emerging accounts of renewed hostilities in Nyala, located in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The situation indicates an escalating and troubling trend in the region’s security landscape.

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