Sudan: At least 30 killed in rebel attack according to eyewitnesses
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebel group have killed more than 30 people in an attack on the city of el-Fasher in the North Darfur region of Sudan according to local reports.
AP reported on April 22nd that the attack from the rebel group was responsible for injuring dozens more over a two-day spree of attacks as the civil war in Sudan continues to cause devastation across the country.
The RSF have sought to gain control of the city of el-Fasher for over a year as they look to have control over the entire Darfur region.
During their bombardment of the region, the RSF have laid siege to two refugee camps for displaced citizens.
The attacks on the camps were responsible for killing over 100 people and around 2,400 displaced residents were forced to flee the camps to 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.
El-Fasher has bulged to a population of roughly one million people with thousands of new inhabitants due to the danger that is faced across the rest of the region.
The RSF have used drone strikes and gun fire in sieges on the city, leading to a situation described by UN Secretary-General Anonio Guterres as a “crisis of staggering scale and brutality.”
The civil war in Sudan has now entered into its third year after initially beginning on April 13th 2023.
It has been described as the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” by the United Nations, leading to the deaths of an estimated 150,000 people.
Despite recent gains of key strategic and symbolic landmarks across the capital of Khartoum by the army, the RSF have insisted that an end to the conflict is no closer and that they will not surrender.
In the past weeks, the RSF have formed a rival, paramilitary government in areas under their control.
AP, Maghrebi
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