In brief
In a tragic escalation of violence, at least 60 people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in El-Fasher, Sudan, amid ongoing conflict. The attack, attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeted the Dar al-Arqam camp within a university. Local resistance groups reported that many of the victims were women, children, and the elderly, highlighting the dire humanitarian situation that has deteriorated over the last 17 months.
At least 60 people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in El-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city on the brink of collapse.
The resistance committee for El-Fasher, composed of local citizens and activists, reported that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the Dar al-Arqam camp, located within a university, with two drone strikes and eight artillery shells.
Children, women and the elderly were killed in cold blood, and many were completely burned, a statement from the group said, as quoted by the AFP news agency.
The RSF has surrounded El-Fasher for the past 17 months, attempting to seize control of the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the Darfur region.
The situation in El-Fasher has gone beyond disaster and genocide, the resistance group asserted.
Hunger and disease have escalated across the city, as residents struggle with ongoing bombardments and dwindling food and medical supplies.
Since the outbreak of conflict in 2023, following a fallout between top commanders of the RSF and the Sudanese army, Sudan has faced one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.
