Ethnically targeted violence worsens in Sudan's Darfur -rights monitors

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese refugee girl who fled ethnic violence in Sudan's Darfur region, sits on her family's belongings outside the house of a Chadian family where they took refuge, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

(Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 40 civilians in a single day in Sudan's Darfur region as ethnically motivated bloodshed has escalated in step with war between rival military factions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday.

In the West Darfur city of El Geneina, several prominent figures have been killed in recent days and volunteers are struggling to bury corpses littering the streets, the Darfur Bar Association, which monitors the conflict, said in a statement.