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Sudan War: Children Dying of Hunger in Darfur's El-Fasher City
The Rapid Support Forces launched a deadly assault on the famine-stricken Abu Shouk camp, killing at least 40 civilians and injuring 19, worsening humanitarian conditions amid ongoing conflict.
- On Monday, August 11, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated assault on Abu Shouk displacement camp, killing at least 40 civilians and injuring 19.
- Since April 2023, the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces have fought over El Fasher, with repeated attacks on its camps including this recent assault.
- Analysts identified over 40 RSF light vehicles around the camp during the Monday attack, with fighters infiltrating along three axes through alleyways.
- The International Organization for Migration reported 500 people displaced from Abu Shouk Camp and called for safe, unhindered passage for those fleeing.
- Amid widening hunger, a year after famine was confirmed in Zamzam camp, around 25 million face acute hunger, including 3.5 million malnourished women and children.
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The United Nations condemned on Wednesday the deadly attacks of the paramilitaries, at war against the Sudanese army in Northern Darfur, which killed at least 57 civilians on Monday.
'Our children are dying' - Rare footage shows plight of civilians in besieged Sudan city
The women at the community kitchen in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher are sitting in huddles of desperation. “Our children are dying before our eyes,” one of them tells the BBC. “We don’t know what to do. They are innocent. They have nothing to do with the army or [its paramilitary rival] the Rapid […] The post ‘Our children are dying’ – Rare footage shows plight of civilians in besieged Sudan city appeared first on Ghanamma.com.
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‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has expressed outrage over Monday’s deadly large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces militia on El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, which has been besieged by the RSF since April last year.
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