Activists say the residential buildings within the structure targeted for paramilitary attacks on Elfasher city.
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) once again attacked Elfasher city in the West Darfur region of Sudan, killing more than 30 people, according to a group of activists.
The attacks by the RSF and Allied Militia are the latest deadly attacks in the region, the last base of the Sudanese Army (SAF) in war-torn regions.
Elle Fascher’s Resistance Committee said dozens of other people were injured in Sunday’s attack, including “heavy artillery fire.” According to a group of activists tracking the war, the RSF renewed the attack on Monday, bombarding residential buildings and the open market.
No new victims were reported immediately. RSF did not respond to the claim immediately.
For more than a year, the RSF has attempted to seize the rule of Elfasher, which launched regular attacks on the city from the SAF on Hartzm, more than 800 km (500 miles) southwest of the capital, and launched two major hunger camps for suburban refugees.
People were evacuated after RSF attack on the Zamzam Displacement Camp Shelter in the town of Tawira, North Darfur, Sudan [Reuters]
However, observers say attacks have been stepped up in recent months as RSF has suffered battlefield retreats in Khartoum and other urban areas in the eastern and central parts of the county.
El-Fasher is estimated to be home to more than a million people, including hundreds of thousands of people evacuated by the battle.
Supporting “dangerous restrictions”
According to the United Nations, the latest violence occurred less than a week after the RSF, its allied militia, and nearby camps in Zamzam and Abu Shouk killed more than 400 people.
The attack forced up to 400,000 people to flee Sudan’s largest camp.
On Monday, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described the situation in the area as “terrifying.”
He said he spoke on the phone at both General Saf Abdel Fatta al-Burhan and the RSF.
International aid agencies have long warned that full-scale RSF attacks on Elfasher could lead to a new wave of catastrophic urban warfare and massive displacement.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) describes the situation of at least 825,000 children trapped in and around Elfasher as “hell on Earth.”
The United Nations also warned of a devastating humanitarian situation.
“The humanitarian community in Sudan faces important and strengthened operational challenges in North Darfur,” said Clementine Nukuweta Salami, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, on Sunday.
She added that “despite repeated complaints, humanitarian access to Elfasher and the surrounding area remains dangerously limited,” and warned that the lack of access is increasing “vulnerability for hundreds of thousands.”
Nkweta-Salami asked UN and NGO officials to “ensure that lifesaving assistance can be provided on a safe and large scale to grant immediate and sustainable access to these areas.”
Meanwhile, Borderless Medical Charity (MSF) are seeking to help cities in the face of access restrictions.
Sudan’s brutal civil war began on April 15, 2023. This began on April 15, 2023, after the collapse of SAF General Al-Burhan, also known as Hemetti, and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
More than 24,000 people have been killed in the battles to date, according to the United Nations, but activists say the number is much higher.
Millions of more have been evacuated.
