Sudan Paramilitary Forces Attack Border Town, Army Alleges Assault Launched From Ethiopia

Addis Abeba — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the border town of Geissan in Blue Nile State on Tuesday, according to the RSF and local authorities, while a Sudanese army source told AFP that the assault was launched “from inside Ethiopian territory.”

The fighting triggered a fresh displacement, with about 2,500 people fleeing Geissan, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN agency said its Displacement Tracking Matrix teams estimated that…