Violent clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces intensified in the capital Khartoum after a recent decrease in intensity over the past few weeks. The army forces shelled Rapid Support Forces positions in eastern, central, and southern Khartoum city today, Saturday.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Sudanese families were displaced this morning from the city of Bahri north of Khartoum following intense artillery exchanges, coinciding with the visit of the Director of the World Health Organization to Port Sudan.

Eyewitnesses reported, "The Rapid Support Forces attacked civilians' homes south of Hatab, capturing some and shooting at others." As the battles escalated yesterday in the capital, the Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, arrived in Port Sudan for an official two-day visit.

Upon his arrival, Ghebreyesus visited the Port Sudan hospital and a center for treating malnutrition in children. In this regard, Sudan's Minister of Health Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim stated, "The visit is to assess the health situation in the country."

On another note, the UN fact-finding mission in Sudan stated that the Rapid Support Forces launched attacks with racial motivations in the Darfur region and committed "arbitrary arrests, torture, and sexual violence," in addition to indiscriminate attacks, airstrikes, and shelling against civilians, schools, hospitals, communication networks, and water and electricity supplies.

The mission called for an immediate and unconditional halt to attacks against civilians and recommended the deployment of an independent and neutral force to protect the population. The head of the fact-finding mission in Sudan, Mohamed Shandi Osman, stated that "the seriousness of these findings underscores the need for urgent and immediate action to protect civilians."

The report also found reasons to believe that "the Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias committed additional war crimes, including rape and looting, as well as issuing orders to displace civilians and recruit children under the age of 15 for hostilities."