Nairobi, Apr. 13, (dpa/GNA) – International aid organizations have condemned an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp, which killed at least 112 people, according to the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) network.

During the attack on Friday, the RSF burned down a communal kitchen in the camp in the North Darfur region and killed the volunteer workers there, including a pregnant woman, the SIHA network said in a statement released on Saturday.

The Sudan INGO Forum, an alliance of more than 70 aid organizations, said that more than 20 children were killed in the attack on the camp.

“Civilians are being starved, slaughtered, and prevented from fleeing. Aid workers and local volunteer responders are being hunted,” the alliance said in a statement on Saturday.

“This is a blatant, repeated violation of international humanitarian law,” it added.

At least 500,000 refugees live in the Zamzam camp, though some estimates put the number as high as 1 million.

The nearby capital of North Darfur, Al Fasher, has been besieged by the RSF for almost a year in its civil war against the Sudanese army.

The UN children’s organization UNICEF said that shelling and airstrikes have killed or injured more than 140 children in Al Fasher in the last three months alone.

A bloody power struggle has been raging in Sudan for almost two years between de facto ruler Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the RSF.

According to UN figures, the conflict has driven more than 12.5 million people to flee their homes.

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