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Many more were injured, with homes looted and burned, and people displaced.<br \/>OCHA said disrupted communication links are hindering efforts to confirm the number of casualties.<br \/>The office also said it was alarmed by reports of renewed shelling in El-Obeid, the state capital. The attack is deepening fears and insecurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN humanitarians said Tuesday they are gravely concerned by escalating fighting in Sudan, mainly attacks in North Kordofan State.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said attacks from Thursday through Sunday on villages near Bara in North Kordofan reportedly killed at least 300 people, including children and pregnant women. 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