The paramilitary RSF has intensified its assault on El-Fasher, the last Darfur stronghold still held by the army. Activists say civilians are being slaughtered “in cold blood” as the city turns into an “open-air morgue.”
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.
Sudan: Drone, artillery strike kills 60 at refugee camp
The paramilitary RSF has intensified its assault on El-Fasher, the last Darfur stronghold still held by the army. Activists say civilians are being slaughtered “in cold blood” as the city turns into an “open-air morgue.”
General view of Zamzam refugee camp after being attacked
The Zamzam camp is a large camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur.
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. The United Nations says the war has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and left nearly 25 million Sudanese facing acute hunger.
