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Drone Strike on El-Fasher Market Kills 15, Days After Mosque Attack

Local reports describe an escalating RSF siege that has severed access, leaving hospitals short of even basic supplies.

The United Nations estimates that children make up around half of the 260,000 civilians trapped in the city, which has been cut off from nearly all external aid
Infographic with a map showing areas controlled by the army, the Rapid Support Forces and neutral groups in Sudan as of September 23, 2025, according to the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute and the AFP

Overview

  • An aid worker with the Emergency Response Rooms and El-Fasher Resistance Committees said a drone launched by the RSF hit a crowded marketplace, killing 15 people and injuring 12.
  • The RSF has not acknowledged the market strike and instead claimed advances in the city and the evacuation of hundreds of civilians, offering no independent evidence.
  • UNICEF reported that a separate RSF drone strike on a mosque days earlier killed at least 75 people, including 11 children, according to witness accounts and agency reporting.
  • Medical staff at the city’s hospital described near-total shortages, resorting to improvised bandages, as communications blackouts and fear of reprisals force sources to remain anonymous.
  • U.S. Africa envoy Massad Boulos said he hopes an arrangement with the RSF will allow aid into El-Fasher within days, though the city has been besieged as the army’s last foothold in Darfur.