30+ killed in El-Fasher shelling by RSF: activists
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The RSF has killed over 30 people as its forces shelled the town, which is hosting a large number of Sudanese civilians displaced by the war.
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Sudanese refugee girls carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of El Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, on April 13, 2010 (AP)
Paramilitary forces shelled Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher in Darfur, killing over 30 civilians and wounding dozens, activists reported Monday, according to AFP.
The local resistance committee, one of the numerous volunteer aid groups operating in Sudan, reported that Sunday's attack included the use of heavy artillery shelling, specifically targeting residential neighborhoods in El-Fasher.
Since April 2023, the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, uprooted 13 million, and created what the UN describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. El-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur, remains the last major city in the vast Darfur region that the paramilitary group has not yet conquered.
After the army regained control of the capital, Khartoum, last month, the RSF has escalated its campaign to capture El-Fasher, viewing the city as a crucial strategic objective in its push to strengthen its dominance across Darfur.
International aid agencies have repeatedly warned that a major RSF assault on El-Fasher could unleash devastating urban warfare and prompt a new mass exodus, while UNICEF has characterized the dire circumstances facing at least 825,000 children trapped in and around the city as "hell on earth."
At least 50,000 injured in Sudan war: ICRC
At least 50,000 people have been wounded since the outbreak of war in Sudan, according to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in the country, Daniel O'Malley.
Speaking on Tuesday to China’s Xinhua news agency, O'Malley noted that the figure is likely an underestimation.
“This number reflects only a small part of the real loss,” O’Malley told Xinhua, adding that the ICRC has also documented around 8,000 cases of missing civilians in Sudan.
The devastating toll comes amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. Earlier on Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that the number of children in need of humanitarian aid in Sudan has nearly doubled, from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 to more than 15 million in 2025.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk also raised alarm over the scale of food insecurity in the country, noting that nearly 25 million Sudanese are facing acute hunger.
Aid groups warn of mass starvation in Sudan as global support wanes
Leading international humanitarian organizations are raising the alarm over what they describe as an unprecedented catastrophe. With over 30 million people—nearly two-thirds of the population—now reliant on emergency assistance, the country is sinking deeper into famine, mass displacement, and violence.
In a joint appeal released ahead of a high-level ministerial conference on Sudan in the United Kingdom, the heads of the Danish Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE International, and Mercy Corps called on global leaders to act without delay. Without urgent intervention, they warn, the crisis will claim countless more lives.
Conditions across Sudan continue to deteriorate. Humanitarian agencies report relentless assaults on civilians and widespread use of sexual violence. "Women and girls endure systemic sexual violence," the statement adds, calling it one of the conflict's most horrifying features.
