More than 400 people have reportedly been killed in a series of ground and air assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on refugee camps around El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region. The UN confirmed at least 148 deaths between Thursday and Saturday, with the actual number believed to be significantly higher. Nine aid workers are among the dead. The RSF denies targeting civilians, claiming instead that the Sudanese army was using the camps as military bases and civilian shields.

More than 100 people, including 20 children and 9 aid workers, were killed in two days of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias on Zamzam and Abu Shorouk refugee camps in El Fasher, North Darfur. UN Humanitarian Coordinator Clementine Nkweta-Salami condemned the attacks, which occurred on Friday and Saturday, and described them as grave violations of international humanitarian law.

Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Wednesday that the military has regained control of Khartoum International Airport and declared the capital “liberated.” For the past two years, the airport had been under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but it has now been reclaimed by Sudanese armed forces. Last Friday, the Sudanese army also took full control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, which had similarly been under RSF occupation for the past two years.

A Sudanese military aircraft crashed near Wadi Sayidna Air Base on the outskirts of Khartoum, killing at least 10 people, including civilians, democracy activists reported. Several others were injured. Military sources cited a technical failure as the cause of the crash, which also damaged nearby homes. Residents reported a loud explosion that disrupted local electricity supply.