The last major city in the western Darfur region still under the control of the Sudanese army, killing seven and wounding 71 others, according to a medical source on Sunday. El-Fasher has endured severe shortages of water and food for more than a year.
At least seven killed, 71 wounded as Sudan’s RSF paramilitaries shell besieged city
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has launched its fiercest offensive yet on the besieged city of El-Fasher, the last major city in the western Darfur region still under the control of the Sudanese army, killing seven and wounding 71 others, according to a medical source on Sunday. El-Fasher has endured severe shortages of water and food for more than a year.
Sudanese residents gather to receive free meals in El-Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, in Darfur region, on August 11, 2025.
Sudanese residents gather to receive free meals in El-Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, in Darfur region,
Shelling by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed at least seven people and wounded 71 others in El-Fasher, a medical source said Sunday, as the paramilitary group launched its fiercest offensive yet on the besieged city.
El-Fasher, the last major city in the vast western Darfur region still under army control, has become the most violent front line in the war between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which erupted in April 2023.
In recent weeks, paramilitary forces have escalated their long-running siege, launching fierce artillery barrages and ground incursions into densely populated neighbourhoods, the city’s airport and the famine-hit Abu Shouk displacement camp.
The few hospitals still operational have been repeatedly bombarded and the local police headquarters captured by the RSF.
The medical source, who requested anonymity for safety reasons, said the true toll from Saturday’s attack was “likely higher”, as many injured had been unable to reach the hospital due to the intensity of the RSF’s strikes.
Among the wounded, mostly suffering from shrapnel injuries, 22 were reported to be in a critical condition, according to the source, who was reached via satellite internet to bypass a communications blackout.
Local activists said the attack struck several neighbourhoods in the city’s west near the airport, which RSF forces have sought to capture.
