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RSF Shelling Kills 24 in El-Fasher as 500-Day Siege Starves City’s Children

UNICEF says blocked access has left children in desperate conditions.

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FILE - Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit secure the area where Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, June 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
A humanitarian worker says El-Fasher's residents face hunger, rampant disease, no clean water and no access to medical care

Overview

  • A doctors’ network reports 24 people killed and 55 wounded after RSF shells struck the central market and Awlad al-Reef in the besieged North Darfur capital.
  • UNICEF says about 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, remain trapped after roughly 500 days of siege, with at least 600,000 displaced from the city and nearby camps.
  • UNICEF has verified more than 1,100 grave violations in el-Fasher, including over 1,000 children killed or maimed, while suspended services leave an estimated 6,000 severely malnourished children without treatment.
  • OCHA says roughly 70 WFP, UNICEF and WHO trucks are waiting in Nyala for access to el-Fasher as hunger deepens and a nationwide cholera outbreak adds to the toll in Darfur.
  • A Yale Humanitarian Research Lab analysis reported by Middle East Eye identifies over 31 kilometers of RSF-built earth berms encircling the city, tightening the blockade and restricting movement.