US EditionWHO says over 460 people reportedly killed at a hospital taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces
- On Sunday, the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher, state capital of North Darfur, gaining control of major western cities; the Darfur Joint Protection Force said RSF executed more than 2,000 civilians on 26 and 27 October.
- Besieging the city for almost 18 months, the Rapid Support Forces trapped hundreds of thousands since fighting began in April 2023, allegedly aided by money and mercenaries from the United Arab Emirates .
- The United Nations reported summary executions and warned of further ethnically-motivated atrocities, while the African Union condemned alleged war crimes on Tuesday.
- In a televised speech on Monday, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's army chief, said troops withdrew and vowed revenge against the RSF advance, while the Joint Protection Force confirmed forced withdrawal.
- Aid agencies and the United Nations accused the RSF of deliberately starving civilians, with around 260,000 people, half children, in El-Fasher lacking food or humanitarian aid.
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 460 people were killed at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region that was seized by paramilitary forces over the weekend.
Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization (WHO) was shocked this Wednesday by reports of more than 460 deaths in a hospital in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, recently taken by paramilitaries in their war against the regular army. WHO “is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic death of more than 460 patients and companions at El Fasher's Saudi Motherhood in Sudan, following recent attacks and abductions of health personnel…
Sudan: Several international organizations are reporting a massacre in the city of Al Fashar, Sudan. 460 people are reportedly dead in a hospital there…
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