At least 24 people were killed and 55 others injured when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on Thursday, August 28, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.
The strikes targeted a central market and the Awlad Al-Reef neighbourhood, with victims including five women. The medical group condemned the attack as part of ongoing war crimes and acts of genocide against civilians in the city, which has faced a prolonged siege marked by acute shortages of food, medicine, and basic services.
The organization urged the international community to act swiftly to halt the RSF’s deliberate shelling and the blockade of El-Fasher. The city has been under siege since May, with repeated allegations of indiscriminate attacks despite calls for safe humanitarian access. Sudan’s civil war, raging since April 2023 between the army and RSF, has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, according to UN figures.
However, research from US universities suggests the actual death toll could be as high as 130,000. The RSF has yet to comment on the latest attack.