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61 Killed as Sudan Clashes Destroy Aid Corridors

5/16/2026

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  • The Sudan Doctors Network warned that burning and attacks around Kauda have destroyed safe corridors for evacuating the wounded and delivering aid.
  • Intense clashes in South Kordofan have killed 61 people, including nine children, while rebel leader Abdel Aziz al-Hilu’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North has joined the Rapid Support Forces against the Otoro tribe.
  • The United Nations and human-rights groups accuse both sides of ethnic cleansing, extrajudicial killings and sexual violence.