Nearly 6,000 people were displaced from seven villages in Sudan’s West Darfur state in a single day amid clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, Anadolu reports. Most households crossed the border into Chad, while others sought refuge in locations within El Geneina locality, the capital of West Darfur, it added. On Saturday, Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minnawi said the Sudanese army had repelled a large-scale attack by the RSF on Bir Saliba. Bir Saliba lies north of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, and is considered strategically important because of its location along routes leading to the city. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF has continued since April 15, 2023, following disputes over integrating the paramilitary force into the regular military.