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El-Fasher: People in Sudan's besieged city face starvation, UN warns
EL-FASHER, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN, AUG 4 – The United Nations warns that over 250,000 residents face starvation and a cholera outbreak worsened by a two-month siege and blocked aid convoys, with famine reaching its most severe stage.
- El-Fasher, the main city in North Darfur, Sudan, has been encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for two months, putting hundreds of thousands of residents at risk of starvation and relentless shelling.
- The siege escalated after fighting erupted in April 2023 between Sudanese army and RSF over integration plans amid stalled mediation and intensified regional hostilities.
- Residents fleeing El-Fasher have sought shelter in Tawila about 60 km west, where they report repeated RSF attacks and severe shortages forcing families to eat animal fodder like ambaz.
- Since mid-June, Médecins Sans Frontières has provided care for 2,500 individuals affected by cholera, with 52 fatalities reported amid poor sanitation conditions and the ongoing rainy season, while the IPC has classified El-Fasher in Phase 5, signaling a state of full famine.
- Last month, the United Nations urged a temporary halt to hostilities in El-Fasher, but the RSF dismissed this appeal, extending the siege that led to power outages, bakery closures, blocked aid deliveries, and increasing fatalities accompanied by growing burial sites.
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Their town has been under siege for more than a year, and families are living off scraps and animal feed. Now the United Nations is warning of famine in El Fasher, Sudan.
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