both, killed in el-geneina. he worries for those left behind. members of this ethnic community had to lie about who they are to avoid execution by those trying to cleanse the capital of rival tribes. >> the fight is about finishing off our tribe. they destroyed our neighborhoods where we are staying. the situation is horrible. you hear about someone being killed every morning. >> he bears the marks of beatings he endured at a checkpoint as his children were forced to watch. even his pregnant wife was not spared beatings. >> a lot of people from our family have died. we don't know who is left. we can't speak to each other. >> el-geneina is beginning to empty out. there are two or three of these kinds of impromptu makeshift camps around the town and those lucky enough to make it out of the besieged capital of west darfur setting up tents with plastic tarps and bits of cloth, with tree branches and twigs. they are waiting for any kind of help to arrive. even in these conditions, precious moments of levity offer a peek into the resilience of people

to them, the fact that el geneina in many places in darfur are a bit of a black box. what we do know about the impact is that it is not only wide reaching and intense, it is also compounded by the history of ethnic conflicts in darfur. it speaks very much of a genocidal playbook that has played itself out once more. as humanitarian researchers, we study conflict the world over, and to be honest, we haven't seen anything like this before. this is in essence nothing short of a renewed genocidal campaign, unfortunately, and perhaps greater impact and are the cover of war. mohammed: let bring in our next guest, director of justice africa sudan, a human and civil-rights research institute based in sudan. how much concert is there that a decades-old tribal tensions could be reignited in darfur and what would that mean going forward? guest: unfortunately we are back to 2003 and 2004 in terms of the level of violence, and violence targeting people according to their tribe and ethnicity. it is very serious this time because we don't have a functioning government in khartoum. i

today, the governor of west darfur khamis abbakar was killed in el geneina by the rsf.rportedly shows the moment he was taken. he had accused the group of genocide. nearly 100,000 sill billions just civilians have been killed in darfur. getting information from darfur has been challenging, but over the past two weeks, the newshour has been able to obtain pictures and audio messages from people trapped there. >> there is a big catastrophe in west darfur. we aren't able to find water to drink or food. we go 5 to 6 days without finding food to eat. those who are injured have no hospitals to go to. we don' have any of the resources we need here in west darfur. stephanie: the latest reports from darfur-based activists warn of sexual violence and an acute healthcare crisis. >> we were near el geneina when the attacks started. we couldn't even find a midwife to deliver my pregnant sister. stephanie: this message came in monday. >> 17 people are dead and 37 injured right around us. we are all confined to one area of less than a mile, the biggest crisis is that there's no food o

elsewhere, activists say they've identified 500 bodies across the city of el geneina, the capital of sudan's western darfur region. witnesses say thousands more bodies remain uncollected in the city's streets after paramilitaries and allied arab militias stepped up attacks on non-arab residents of the region. aid workers say tens of thousands of people fleeing the violence for neighboring chad have also faced violence and sexual assault. laura lo castro, the u.n. refugee agency's representative in chad, spoke to refugees who survived the journey. >> they described terrifying scenes in which everyone had to flee for their lives. as they fled, they sometimes unfortunately had to leave behind children who could not run was to people were injured, and the elderly. amy: 145 migrants were discovered in an island in everest river on the great turkish border. the rescue came as shocking details continue to emerge about how greek coast guard officials failed to save hundreds of migrants who drowned last week after their overcrowded fishing vessel sank off the grease coast. it is reported gree