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Two dozen killed in Darfur town as war spreads: monitor, eyewitnesses

A woman rides a donkey past a convoy of government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan, 2014. [AP Photo]

Clashes between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary have killed at least 25 civilians in the North Darfur town of El-Fasher, a pro-democracy lawyers committee said Tuesday.

The city and its surrounding villages have suffered several days of "arbitrary shelling and air strikes," according to the Emergency Lawyers, which have been documenting atrocities committed against civilians since fighting began a year ago between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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