Two attacks by Darfur rebel groups left 32 civilians dead in western Sudan, the Sudanese media reported on Tuesday.
There was no official confirmation of the death toll carried by the Sudanese Media Centre, an online information outlet affiliated to the government.
One of the attacks was carried out outside the boundaries of Darfur, in West Kordofan state, drawing accusations from the government and local leaders that rebel groups were seeking to widen the conflict.
The Sudanese army had said on Monday that it had repelled two rebel assaults on oil fields in Sharef, in South Darfur state, and Abu Jabra, in West Kordofan.
The army had not, however, mentioned any casualties following the attacks, which were reportedly perpetrated by rebels from a splinter group of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM).
The largest faction of the SLM signed a peace deal with Khartoum in May but the agreement has failed to take hold and reports point to a deterioration of the situation in Darfur.
The almost four-year-old Darfur conflict has already started spilling over into neighbouring Chad and the Central African Republic. — AFP