US EditionSudan: 14 Killed in Camp Shelling Blamed on RSF as Darfur Violence Grows
- On June 4, 2025, artillery fire from the Rapid Support Forces militia struck the Abu Shouk displacement camp near El-Fasher, North Darfur, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 civilians.
- The assault took place amidst a protracted conflict that began in April 2023, involving the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , with hostilities intensifying around El-Fasher since May 2024.
- Abu Shouk camp shelters tens of thousands displaced by previous Darfur conflicts, and the shelling targeted a market and residential areas within the famine-affected camp.
- Local emergency responders reported that intense shelling resulted in the deaths of 14 individuals and caused injuries to several others, while the Rapid Support Forces have not issued any official statement regarding the attack.
- The attack reflects broader violent clashes that have caused over 20,000 deaths, displaced 15 million people, and deepened Sudan’s humanitarian crisis with Darfur largely under RSF control except El-Fasher.
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At least 14 people were killed and several others wounded when Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur on Wednesday, according to local volunteer rescuers. The attack marks the second major assault on
RSF attack on Sudan displacement camp in Darfur kills 14
Shelling by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 14 people Wednesday in a famine-hit displacement camp in the Darfur region, volunteer rescuers said. The attack hit a market and residential areas of the Abu Shouk camp, according to the local Emergency Response Room, one of hundreds across the country delivering frontline aid since the war between the army and the rival paramilitary group began in April 2023. The rescue…
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