More than 100 killed in two weeks of fighting in Sudan’s el-Fasher: MSF
Al Jazeera
Charity says more than 900 wounded in the capital of North Darfur province in fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF.
More than 100 people have been killed in just over two weeks in a major city in Sudan’s Darfur region, an aid group has said, as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied armed groups are locked in fierce fighting against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
At least 134 people have been killed and more than 900 wounded since May 10 in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Doctors without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said on Sunday.
One of the victims, a staff watchman at MSF’s pharmacy in el-Fasher, died of his wounds in a hospital after shelling hit his house on Saturday.
“The numbers of people killed and wounded are increasing each day as intense fighting continues,” the group said in a statement. “We urge warring parties to do more to protect civilians”.
El-Fasher has witnessed renewed fierce fighting as the RSF is pressing deeper seeking to take control. The city is the last remaining capital in the Darfur region not to have fallen to the paramilitary group. It is also hosting the region’s last garrison of the SAF. Earlier this month, the RSF besieged the city and launched a major attack on its southern and eastern parts.
