"A drone and artillery attack on a displacement camp in El-Fasher, western Sudan, killed at least 60 people on Saturday, local activists said. The barrage was one of the deadliest assaults since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began besieging the city 18 months ago. What is happening in North Darfur's El-Fasher? The El-Fasher resistance committee said the RSF struck the Dar al-Arqam displacement centre on university grounds twice with drones and eight times with artillery shells."
""Children, women and the elderly were killed in cold blood, and many were completely burned, it said. The committee had earlier reported 30 dead but later raised the toll as bodies were pulled from the rubble. El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, is the last major city in the region still under army control. The RSF, which has been fighting the military since April 2023, is seeking to seize full control of Darfur."
An RSF drone and artillery assault on the Dar al-Arqam displacement centre in El-Fasher killed at least 60 people and left many victims burned. The RSF has besieged El-Fasher for 18 months while seeking control of Darfur from the army. Nearly 400,000 civilians remain trapped in the city, facing starvation and disease as food supplies vanish and survival resources become unaffordable. Hospitals, mosques and shelters have been repeatedly struck, causing further civilian casualties. The United Nations reports tens of thousands killed, millions displaced, and nearly 25 million Sudanese facing acute hunger, prompting calls for protection of medical facilities and humanitarian access.
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