Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan’s civil war have continued for a third day. More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, have been killed. The Sudanese terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has stepped up its attacks on the Zamzam refugee camp.
EL-FASHIR APRIL 14: Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan’s civil war have continued for a third day, residents have told the BBC. One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as “extremely catastrophic” while another said things were “dire”.
More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, have been killed in a series of assaults that began late last week in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the UN has said.
The Sudanese terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has stepped up its attacks on the Zamzam refugee camp near el-Fasher, capital of the North Darfur state. On Friday, residents and medics said the RSF attacked the camp, which it surrounded three times within a week.
The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab confirms that the recent RSF attack on Zamzam IDP camp is the most significant one as of yet, with fires and attacks still ongoing. For almost 11 months the situation there has been described by analysts as a “kill-box” with intense fighting leaving thousands of civilians trapped in the city and neighboring towns.
Zamzam houses 500,000 people displaced by fighting in this and past wars in Darfur, while nearby el-Fasher is home to 1.8 million people and is the last significant holdout against the RSF across Darfur.
