location: Sortony
notes: Report of numerous ground and air attacks by Sudanese forces on SLM/A-Nur positions near the UNAMID Sortony base throughout January and February, leaving unidentified number killed. After battles, government forces reportedly attacked and looted at least five villages in the area (Barti, Twoywo, and Kurambeing-Elley, Samrah and Sibrah), including three that were partially burned. Many accounts of civilian deaths and of civilians having suffered physical violence in these attacks.
target_text: location: Sortony, fatalities: 10