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Al Bawaba
4 days ago
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
40 Sudanese killed in RSF attack on Darfur displacement camp
ALBAWABA- At least 40 people were killed in an assault by the Rapid Support Forces on a camp for displaced people in Sudan's western Darfur region, an aid group operating in the area reported on Monday. According to BBC, the Abu Shouk Emergency Response Room said the attack on the Abu Shouk camp was carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group locked in a two-year civil war with the Sudanese army. The local resistance committee in nearby El-Fasher also confirmed the incident. At least 40 people have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Sudan's western Darfur region, according to an aid group that works — Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) August 13, 2025 El-Fasher, the last major stronghold in Darfur for the army and its allied forces, has faced heavy bombardment in recent days. The United Nations has warned that residents trapped in the besieged city risk starvation as fighting intensifies. Abu Shouk camp, home to around 200,000 people, was reportedly caught in crossfire, but aid workers said many victims were deliberately targeted, shot inside their homes or gunned down in public. The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, which analyses satellite imagery, said it detected around 40 light vehicles in the camp's north-western neighbourhoods, supporting claims that the assault came from the north. The lab is investigating footage allegedly showing RSF fighters shooting civilians as they crawled away, while using ethnic slurs. Established more than two decades ago, Abu Shouk shelters non-Arab communities such as the Fur and Zaghawa who fled earlier attacks by the Janjaweed militia, the force from which the RSF evolved. The RSF has been accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Darfur, charges it denies, claiming it is not involved in tribal conflicts. Zaghawa fighters have joined the army in defending El-Fasher, raising concerns that the attack may have deliberately targeted Zaghawa civilians. Camps near El-Fasher have been repeatedly hit during the war; in April, more than 100 people were killed when the RSF overran the Zamzam camp.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces kill 40 people in North Darfur displacement camp attack
CAIRO — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched attacks Monday in a famine-stricken displacement camp outside of el-Fasher , the capital of North Darfur province, killing 40 people, local rights groups said. The Emergency Response Rooms group working at the Abu Shouk displacement camp said in a statement on Facebook that the RSF — which is at war with the Sudanese military — raided parts of the camp targeting citizens inside their homes. The community activist group, which provides assistance across Sudan, said at least 19 people were also injured.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
At least 33 people killed in suspected RSF attacks in Sudan
At least 33 people have been killed in Sudan in attacks suspected to have been carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as the brutal two-year war claims its latest victims. An RSF strike on a prison on Saturday in el-Obeid killed at least 19 people, while on Friday evening, at least 14 members of the same family were killed in an air attack in Darfur, local sources said. The attacks – part of the RSF's ongoing war with the military-led government's Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since 2023 – came after six straight days of the paramilitary group's drone attacks on the army-led government's wartime capital of Port Sudan. These attacks damaged key infrastructure, including a power grid and the country's last operational civilian airport, which was a key gateway for aid into the war-ravaged nation. The war has left tens of thousands dead, displaced 13 million people and triggered what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The attack on the prison on Saturday also wounded 45 people, a medical source told the AFP news agency. The source said the jail in the army-controlled city in the North Kordofan state capital was hit by an RSF drone. The night before, 14 people were killed at the Abu Shouk displacement camp near el-Fasher in Darfur, a rescue group said, blaming the paramilitary. The camp 'was the target of intense bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces on Friday evening', said the group of volunteer aid camp near el-Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur still out of the RSF's control, is plagued by famine, according to the UN. It is home to tens of thousands of people who fled the violence of successive conflicts in Darfur and the conflict that has been ripping Africa's third-largest country asunder since 2023. The RSF has shelled the camp several times in recent weeks. Abu Shouk is located near the Zamzam camp, which the RSF seized in April after a devastating offensive that virtually emptied it. Elsewhere on Saturday, SAF warplanes struck RSF positions in the Darfur cities of Nyala and el-Geneina, destroying arms depots and military equipment, a military source told AFP. The RSF has recently said it had taken the strategic town of al-Nahud in West Kordofan, a key army supply line to Darfur. The RSF's escalation in Port Sudan earlier this month came after the military struck the Nyala airport in South Darfur, where the RSF receives foreign military assistance, including drones. Local media stated that dozens of RSF officers were killed in the attack. Sudan's army-aligned authorities accuse the United Arab Emirates of supplying those drones to the RSF, which has no air force of its own. The war began as a power struggle between SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. It has effectively divided the country into two, with the army controlling the north, east and centre, while the RSF and its allies dominate nearly all of Darfur in the west and parts of the south. Both sides have been accused of committing war crimes.
Al Jazeera
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
At least 33 people killed in suspected RSF attacks in Sudan
At least 33 people have been killed in Sudan in attacks suspected to have been carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as the brutal two-year war claims its latest victims. An RSF strike on a prison on Saturday in el-Obeid killed at least 19 people, while on Friday evening, at least 14 members of the same family were killed in an air attack in Darfur, local sources said. The attacks – part of the RSF's ongoing war with the military-led government's Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since 2023 – came after six straight days of the paramilitary group's drone attacks on the army-led government's wartime capital of Port Sudan. These attacks damaged key infrastructure, including a power grid and the country's last operational civilian airport, which was a key gateway for aid into the war-ravaged nation. The war has left tens of thousands dead, displaced 13 million people and triggered what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The attack on the prison on Saturday also wounded 45 people, a medical source told the AFP news agency. The source said the jail in the army-controlled city in the North Kordofan state capital was hit by an RSF drone. The night before, 14 people were killed at the Abu Shouk displacement camp near el-Fasher in Darfur, a rescue group said, blaming the paramilitary. The camp 'was the target of intense bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces on Friday evening', said the group of volunteer aid workers. The camp near el-Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur still out of the RSF's control, is plagued by famine, according to the UN. It is home to tens of thousands of people who fled the violence of successive conflicts in Darfur and the conflict that has been ripping Africa's third-largest country asunder since 2023. The RSF has shelled the camp several times in recent weeks. Abu Shouk is located near the Zamzam camp, which the RSF seized in April after a devastating offensive that virtually emptied it. Elsewhere on Saturday, SAF warplanes struck RSF positions in the Darfur cities of Nyala and el-Geneina, destroying arms depots and military equipment, a military source told AFP. The RSF has recently said it had taken the strategic town of al-Nahud in West Kordofan, a key army supply line to Darfur. The RSF's escalation in Port Sudan earlier this month came after the military struck the Nyala airport in South Darfur, where the RSF receives foreign military assistance, including drones. Local media stated that dozens of RSF officers were killed in the attack. Sudan's army-aligned authorities accuse the United Arab Emirates of supplying those drones to the RSF, which has no air force of its own. The war began as a power struggle between SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. It has effectively divided the country into two, with the army controlling the north, east and centre, while the RSF and its allies dominate nearly all of Darfur in the west and parts of the south. Both sides have been accused of committing war crimes.
Arab News
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Strike on Sudan's Darfur kills 14 members of one family: rescuers
PORT SUDAN: At least 14 members of the same family were killed in an air strike on a displacement camp in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, a rescue group said Saturday, blaming paramilitaries. The Abu Shouk camp 'was the target of intense bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday evening,' said the group of volunteer aid workers, which also reported wounded. The camp is located near the city of El-Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur still out of the RSF's control.
