Overview

• Local activists and medical groups reported at least 53 people killed, with some counts near 60, after RSF drone and artillery strikes hit the Dar al-Arqam shelter on university grounds in el-Fasher.
• The U.N. human rights office confirmed 53 civilians killed over 5–8 October in and around el-Fasher, attributing 46 deaths to RSF drone and artillery fire in Abu Shouk, Daraja Oula and a displacement camp.
• At least seven civilians were summarily executed during RSF ground raids in what initial U.N. findings indicate may have targeted members of the Zaghawa community.
• Health facilities and places of refuge were struck this week, including the city’s last major hospital and a mosque, with UNFPA reporting 12 fatalities in the hospital’s maternity ward.
• U.N. agencies condemned the attacks and pressed for immediate protection of civilians and unimpeded access, noting roughly 260,000 people remain trapped under siege as ICC investigations into alleged war crimes continue.