"The besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared uninhabitable with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment among people trapped there. The stark assessment comes as the city endures constant artillery and drone attacks, shoehorning its 250,000 starving people into a shrinking urban enclave. For 549 days El Fasher has been surrounded by fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),"
"who have prevented all humanitarian access entering the city as it attempts to seize the army's last stronghold in west Sudan. Testimonies from households encompassing almost 900 people who recently fled the city countless others have been abducted and killed by the RSF for trying to escape confirm a population pushed to the edge of survival. The interviews, coordinated last month by US-based medical humanitarian group MedGlobal, offer a first detailed assessment of life inside the siege."
El Fasher has endured a 549-day siege by Rapid Support Forces, with artillery and drone attacks confining about 250,000 people to a shrinking urban area. Humanitarian access has been blocked and most homes have been destroyed, damaged, or looted according to recent testimonies. Health screenings of those who escaped show acute, widespread malnutrition. Three-quarters of escapees said they never or rarely had food; half said they never or rarely had water. A quarter of households reported a death in the previous three months, and many fleeing residents reported abductions and killings by RSF fighters. MedGlobal coordinated the interviews that documented these conditions.
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