Besieged Sudan city faces fiercest paramilitary assault yet
The Peninsula
El Fasher: In a Sudanese city long besieged by paramilitary forces, the war has taken an even more violent and terrifying turn, leaving residents faci...
El-Fasher: In a Sudanese city long besieged by paramilitary forces, the war has taken an even more violent and terrifying turn, leaving residents facing hunger and death with little chance of escaping.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, has launched its fiercest assault to date on El-Fasher, the only major city in the western Darfur region still in army hands.
Witnesses, volunteer groups and aid workers have reported in recent weeks intensifying RSF bombardment of El-Fasher and a nearby displacement camp, with relentless artillery fire, drone strikes and ground incursions.
The United Nations says El-Fasher, the North Darfur state capital where about 300,000 people live, has become an "epicentre of child suffering".
Those able to escape the increasingly unlivable city have said the road out is lined with dead bodies.
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