Sudan: RSF Launches Consecutive Assaults On North Darfur Camp

Sudan: RSF Launches Consecutive Assaults On North Darfur Camp

El Fasher / Abu Shouk Camp / Lafat Tarq / Naivasha -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified their offensive on the besieged city of El Fasher, North Darfur, launching violent assaults on Monday and Tuesday that left dozens dead and drew strong international condemnation.

Video Appears to Show Colombian Mercenaries Fighting Alongside RSF in Sudan

A video circulating on social media appears to show Colombian combatants fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher, North Darfur. #Colombia – #Sudan: A video showing Colombian mercenaries fighting alongside Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the siege of El Fasher. Since Monday, the RSF has launched a major new assault on Al-Fashir. The fighting reportedly began with heavy shelling on targ…

UN Condemns RSF Attacks on Civilians

The United Nations (UN) human rights chief has condemned a large-scale assault by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher and the nearby Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (IDPs), which reportedly left dozens of civilians dead, Anadolu reports. Preliminary information from the UN human rights office indicates that at least 57 civilians were killed in Monday’s attack, including 40 IDPs in Abu Shouk. The of…

Siege, Starvation, Sexual Violence, & the Trade in Arms to Sudan

Siege tactics to starve the civilian population are being used in the Civil War in Sudan. In April 2023 Civil War erupted in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Recently a large-scale assault took place by the RSF militia on El Fasher, the government-held capital of Sudan’s North […]

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher: UN

© UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal: A woman searches through the burnt remains of her shelter at a displacement camp in Darfur, Sudan. 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 the RSF has besieged since April last year. At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the Abu Shouk displace…