US EditionDozens killed in El Fasher as Sudan’s conflict worsens humanitarian crisis
- On Wednesday, the Rapid Support Forces launched artillery attacks on El Fasher in North Darfur, resulting in the deaths of 12 civilians, among them women and children, and causing injuries to seven others.
- This attack followed months of intense fighting between the RSF and Sudanese army over control of El Fasher, which has been besieged since May 2024.
- The shelling occurred amid rising famine conditions and displacement, with the Zamzam camp under repeated RSF attack and humanitarian operations forced to suspend activities.
- UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described famine in Zamzam and urged all parties to respect international law and allow safe humanitarian access to civilians needing urgent aid.
- The continuing violence in El Fasher has caused hundreds of civilian deaths, nearly 400,000 displaced locally, and worsened one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in Sudan.
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Rapid Support Forces kill at least 12 civilians in shelling
The Sudanese army announced on Wednesday that at least 12 civilians had been killed by indiscriminate shelling by the Rapid Support Forces targeting El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state. The army’s sixth Infantry Division issued a statement, saying their forces had "repelled a new attack by the RSF on El-Fasher on Tuesday, destroying three combat vehicles and an armed vehicle, causing dozens of deaths and injuries". "The RSF militia …
Dozens killed in El Fasher as Sudan’s conflict worsens humanitarian crisis
Sudan’s army reports that at least 41 people have been killed in the shelling of El Fasher, the last major city in Darfur under government control amidst its conflict with the RSF paramilitary. Besieged since last May, the city faces a devastating toll on civilian lives if it falls. Clashes have intensified this week, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis. Olivia Bizot reports.
Sudanese Army: 13 civilians killed and injured in El Fasher; Rapid Support Forces attack Nahud in Kordofan
The Sudanese army accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Thursday of attacking the city of En Nahud, West Kordofan, and an army division headquarters in White Nile State, confirming that four civilians were killed in artillery shelling on the city of El Fasher. A Sudanese military source announced today that the RSF attacked En Nahud, the new administrative capital of West Kordofan State, with more than 300 combat vehicles. The source indicat…
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