Displaced residents forced to flee camps in Sudan after attack

Displaced residents have been forced to flee their famine-hit camps in North Drafur, Sudan after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched attacks.

As reported by Africa News on April 13th, the attacks led to the deaths of over 100 people, including 20 children and nine aid workers.

It is estimated that around 2,400 displaced residents were forced to flee the camps and the nearby city of el-Fasher, according to the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees, a group local to the Darfur Region in the west of Sudan.

The two camps have been home to more than 700,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes in Darfur.

The attacks on the Zamzam and Abu Shorouk camps were launched alongside an attack on the city of el-Fasher, also in the North Darfur region, a part of the country that has been left devastated by the ongoing civil war.

The city of el-Fasher has been under military control throughout the civil war

Civil war has torn Sudan since it started in April 2023, leading to the deaths of an estimated 150,000 people and causing what the United Nations has described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.

Recent cuts to USAID by the Trump administration have plunged the country into further danger with almost 80% of emergency food kitchens being forced to close due to the cuts.

The situation is Sudan is showing no signs of easing despite the recent gains of key buildings in the capital of Khartoum by the military.

It was a symbolic victory for the army to reclaim sights such as the presidential palace, the seat of pre-war power in Sudan and regaining control of Khartoum’s international airport has also been a significant gain.

However, the RSF have been resolute in their insistence that the war is not over and that they will instead return to Khartoum “stronger, more powerful and victorious.”

Africa News, Maghrebi