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At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the Abu Shouk displacement camp on the outskirts of the city, and UN human rights office, OHCHR, is also following up on allegations of summary executions there. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with dismay that we yet again witness an unimaginable horror inflicted upon civilians in El Fasher, who have endured over a year of siege, persistent attacks and dire humanitarian conditions,\u201d said Mr. T\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n
Serial attacks<\/h2>\n
\u201cSuch repeated attacks on civilians, which raise serious concerns under international humanitarian law, are totally unacceptable and must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Between January and June, the RSF \u2013 which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years \u2013 has attacked the Abu Shouk camp at least 16 times, killing at least 212 and leaving 111 others injured. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, I am raising the alarm about the serious risk of ethnically motivated persecution as the RSF tries to seize control of El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk stressed, reiterating his call to protect civilians and urging humanitarian pauses in besieged areas to reach those in need.<\/p>\n
Human rights violations in Zamzam<\/h2>\n
UN human rights officials recently interviewed survivors of the RSF\u2019s devastating assault on Zamzam camp, 15 kilometres south of El Fasher, where famine was confirmed in August 2024. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Testimonies corroborated previous documentation of serious human rights abuses against civilians during a particularly deadly attack on Zamzam camp in April 2025, including killings, widespread rape and gang rape, enforced disappearances and torture. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge third States to use all their influence to put an end to these violations,\u201d said Mr. T\u00fcrk. \u201cAccountability is crucial to break this cycle of persistent and egregious violations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deepening hunger<\/h2>\n
A year after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam, hundreds of thousands are still trapped in El Fasher, cut off from World Food Programme (WFP) assistance and facing deepening hunger.<\/p>\n
Trade routes and supply lines entering El Fasher are blocked, resulting in soaring prices and the cessation of most community kitchens\u2019 operations. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Some residents are reportedly surviving on animal fodder and food waste. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone in El Fasher is facing a daily struggle to survive,\u201d said Eric Perdison, WFP\u2019s Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout immediate and sustained access,\u201d for humanitarians, Perdison added, \u201clives will be lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s conflict, which began in April 2023, has created the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis: around 25 million people \u2013 half the country\u2019s population \u2013 face acute hunger, and 3.5 million women and children face malnutrition.<\/p>\n
From El Fasher to Tawila<\/h2>\n
Many victims of the attack on the Zamzam camp and those suffering from hunger in El Fasher fled to the Tawila camp, 75 kilometres away. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHunger forced us to leave,\u201d said eight-year-old Sondos, who told WFP she had fled with her family after weeks of surviving on millet.<\/p>\n
There was \u201conly hunger and bombs,\u201d she testified, with shells raining down on the city.<\/p>\n
Another Tawila resident, 47-year-old Mohamed, travelled from Zamzam to El Fasher before making it to Tawila.<\/p>\n
People died of thirst along the way, he said. \u201cMany of them were begging for water. Each person had to have only one sip, just enough to reach their stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n
But even when people make it to Tawila, the camp\u2019s makeshift tents offer little protection from the rainy season just beginning. \u00a0<\/p>\n
WFP assistance<\/h2>\n
For the Tawila camp\u2019s roughly 400,000 residents, WFP rations of nutrient-packed high-energy biscuits, sorghum, vegetable oil and salt are often their only sustenance.<\/p>\n
They are just some of the four million Sudanese that WFP supports monthly.<\/p>\n
This assistance has helped reduce catastrophic hunger in parts of Central and West Darfur. However, these gains are fragile: \u201cWFP is ready with trucks full of food assistance to send into El Fasher,\u201d says Corinne Fleischer, WFP\u2019s Director of Supply Chain and Delivery. \u201cWe urgently need guarantees of safe passage.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
The RSF has yet to agree a pause in fighting to allow humanitarian goods to enter the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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