The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched an overnight attack towards the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 6th Infantry Division in El Fasher yesterday evening. More than 120 people have been killed, and almost 1,000 wounded, by fighting in the North Darfur capital over the past two weeks.
The Rapid Support Forces launched an overnight attack towards the headquarters of the Sudan ese Armed Forces 6th Infantry Division in El Fasher yesterday evening. More than 120 people have been killed, and almost 1,000 wounded, by fighting in the North Darfur capital over the past two weeks.
MSF added that the death toll in El Fasher has reached 123 people in the past two weeks, while the Southern Hospital in El Fasher received 979 wounded.on Saturday, the United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said she is deeply saddened by the news of the death of an MSF member in El Fasher and extended condolences to his family.
"My message to all parties is simple. Stop the fighting. A human tragedy of epic proportions is on the horizon, but it can, and must, be prevented."The Dar El Salam Emergency Room in North Darfur said in a statement yesterday that almost 20,000 displaced people have fled to the locality to escape fighting in El Fasher and other areas in the past weeks, most of whom are staying with host families.
For their part, the joint armed movements in Darfur denied reports that its leaders were negotiating with the RSF in El Fasher, adding in a statement yesterday that they would"continue to fight the RSF in El Fasher and elsewhere".that the United Arab Emirates of backing the RSF in El Fasher.
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