DUBAI (Reuters) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battled the army outside the central city of Wad Madani on Saturday, pressing an attack that has opened a new front in the eight-month-old war and forced thousands to flee, witnesses said.
Crowds of people - many of whom had taken refuge in the city from violence in the capital Khartoum - could be seen packing up their belongings and leaving on foot in video posted on social media.
