More than 60 people have been killed in airstrikes on a Sudanese camp for internally displaced individuals (IDPs) within the besieged city of El Fasher.
Sudan is currently in a state of civil war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The RSF have been besieging El Fasher for over a 12 months. At its core, the conflict is a fight between two rival warlords.
The airstrikes took place on 10 October following an intensification of the RSF’s bombardment of the town. Of the 60-plus people killed within the attack, 22 were children. On 7 October, 13 people were killed when El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital was hit by shelling, one other 13 people were killed when a mosque within the Abu Souk area was hit the next day, and two more people died of their injuries in the times after the shelling.
The United Nations has issued a security resolution calling on the RSF to finish its siege of El Fasher. At the start of the month, 100 aid organisations called on the RSF to at the least open a humanitarian corridor to permit civilians to depart and for aid to are available in.
The RSF has taken control of two refugee camps near the town and turned them into military bases. Churches and other religious buildings have also been used for military purposes, despite being civilian refuges.
The SAF have also been accused of carrying out similar attacks, with 16 people killed in a drone strike in town of Al-Kuma on 11 October. The town is currently controlled by the RSF and lies to the east of El Fasher. Locals claim at the least 150 airstrikes have been conducted in town, causing significant lack of life and damage to essential infrastructure.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) was among the many humanitarian organisations calling for a secure route out and in of El Fasher.
Scot Bower, the group’s CEO, said, “CSW is deeply concerned by the most recent efforts of the RSF to extend pressure on a whole lot of 1000’s of civilians in El Fasher who’ve already endured almost 18 months of a brutal siege.
“These latest attacks on an IDP camp, hospital and mosque may all constitute war crimes, and might be added to the tragically long list of comparable atrocities the RSF has committed throughout the past two and a half years of conflict with the SAF, who also stand accused of perpetrating war crimes and crimes against humanity.
“We call yet again on the international community to do all it could to finish the siege on El Fasher, protect the lives of civilians, and urge all parties to the conflict to initiate a direct, nationwide ceasefire.”
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