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RSF Tightens El‑Fasher Siege as UN Finds Starvation Used as a Weapon

First‑hand accounts depict relentless shelling with civilians struggling to flee.

Displaced Sudanese girls, who fled intense fighting in al-Fashir, play at a displacement camp, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Al Dabba, Sudan, September 6, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
Sudanese children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, April 6, 2024 (AP photo by Patricia Simon).
Displaced Sudanese children who fled intense fighting in al-Fashir sleep at a displacement camp, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Al Dabba, Sudan, September 6, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
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Overview

  • An independent UN fact‑finding mission concluded the RSF committed the war crime of using starvation in al‑Fashir, with related actions potentially amounting to extermination.
  • Residents who escaped report nonstop shelling, looting and beatings at checkpoints, mass casualties, and hospitals running out of basic supplies such as gauze.
  • RSF forces widened 31 km of berms encircling much of the city, constricting movement and forcing food to be smuggled on foot as prices for staples like millet and sugar soar.
  • Nearly 500,000 people have fled since May 2024 while about 270,000 remain under siege, with many surviving on animal feed as lifesaving aid stays largely blocked.
  • The army and allied Joint Forces still hold the city, launched air and ground operations to break the encirclement after drone strikes pushed RSF units back, while the RSF advanced a parallel government that began appointing ministers.