Sudanese pro-democracy lawyers accused the army Tuesday of carrying out "barbaric" assaults on civilians in east Khartoum, days after its paramilitary foes killed six civilians in the area.
Fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has raged across greater Khartoum in recent weeks as the army seeks to recapture the metropolis, swathes of which had been taken by the paramilitaries since war broke out in April 2023.
The army and allied militias have advanced through East Nile district, where the Emergency Lawyers network said civilians had been subjected to "killings, forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests" by individuals linked to the army.
The lawyers' network, which has been documenting abuses by both sides since the war began, said a list of alleged RSF collaborators in the district had been circulating online.
Human rights group Amnesty International had warned last week of the potential for reprisal attacks as the army presses its advance into the capital.
Amnesty said there were reports of lists circulating online of human rights activists, medics and aid workers accused of being "partners of the RSF".
Emergency Lawyers accused the RSF on Saturday of firing "indiscriminately" on residential areas after the paramilitaries killed six civilians in East Nile.
Thousands of families remain trapped in the area, facing worsening hunger after the fighting forced most of the soup kitchens they had relied on to close.
The United Nations has also reported at least 18 civilian deaths in Khartoum North at the hands of fighters allied with the army.
Both sides in the conflict have been accused of war crimes. The RSF also stands accused of genocide by the United States for allegedly targeting non-Arab minorities in the Darfur region of western Sudan.