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Sudanese gunmen have looted a World Food Programme warehouse containing some 1,900 tonnes of food aid in Darfur amid a surge of violence in the troubled western region, officials said on Wednesday. Residents of El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, reported heavy shooting near the warehouse late on Tuesday. “We heard intense gunfire,” Mohamed Salem told AFP. A WFP official said they were “conducting an audit into what was stolen from the warehouse, which contain some 1,900 tonnes of food products”. Darfur has seen a spike in conflict since October triggered by disputes over land, livestock…