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The notorious Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is alleged to have struck a mosque with a drone this past Friday killing at least 70 people in the most western city of Sudan, El-Fasher. They continue to advance as Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) retreats.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country Denise Brown was “gravely alarmed” by the strike, stressing that international humanitarian law demands the protection of religious sites and those worshipping in them.
Calls for cession of war on innocent civilians have continued to land on deaf ears. Over 300,000 residents are now trapped in the last hold out city in North Darfur.
El- Fasher, Darfur is now the epicenter of war between SAF, and RSF /Courtesy/
Residents continue to suffer famine, rampant rape of women and girls, men killed when out and about searching for food. Reports of children dying daily of starvation, and diseases continue to filter out of the besieged city, and it’s environs.
Weary Sudanese on the move fleeing battlefronts /Courtesy/
The Sudanese civil war began on April 15, 2023, and has involved ongoing conflict between the SAF and the RSF. It is also a proxy war with outside sponsors alledged to provide financial, military, or logistical aid.
Various foreign states from the Middle East have turned the internal struggles into a battleground for external interests. External actors involved include Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accused of stoking the war with their financial, and logistical support for the either of the warring parties.
It is the largest and fastest displacement crisis in the world leaving over 12 million Sudanese displaced within the country, and surrounding countries such as Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, and Uganda.
The death toll can’t be truly substantiated given the lack of credible coverage on the ground. It is estimated that over 150,000 people, including children have died.
The conflict has led to the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 24.6 million people facing acute food insecurity amid rising risk of famine, 19 million lacking access to safe water and sanitation, and a continuing cholera outbreak per United Nations.
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