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Dozens of people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city on the brink of collapse, activists said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The resistance committee for el-Fasher, made up of local citizens and activists, said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit Dar al-Arqam camp, located within a university, with two drone strikes and eight artillery shells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Children, women and the elderly were killed in cold blood, and many were completely burned,” a statement from the group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic as rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sudan Doctors Network said 57 people were killed in the drone attack, including 17 children, and 17 were injured. Activists said at least 60 people had been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RSF has not commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hospitals already struggling under months of siege have been overwhelmed, with doctors treating the wounded on floors and in corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RSF has surrounded el-Fasher for the last 17 months, in an attempt to take control of the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The situation in el-Fasher has “gone beyond disaster and genocide”, the resistance group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sudan has been ravished by conflict since 2023, after top commanders of the RSF and Sudanese army fell out and a vicious power struggle ensued – creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The army controls most of the north and the east. El-Fasher is the last major urban centre in Darfur still held by the army and its allies. The RSF also controls almost all of Darfur and much of neighbouring Kordofan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If el-Fasher falls the RSF will control the entire Darfur region, where they hope to form an alternative government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent weeks, the RSF has intensified its assault on el-Fasher, leading experts to believe the city could soon fall unless the army receives immediate reinforcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Research showed the RSF had finished building an earthen wall around el-Fasher, bolstering their siege and making it even harder for civilians to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN said there were 250,000 civilians trapped in el-Fasher, and warned that continued strikes on civilian areas may amount to war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunger and disease has spread across the city as residents contend with constant bombardment and dwindling food and medical supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n