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In recent days, violence escalated after a brief lull. In October, the RSF seized el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and rampaged through the Saudi Hospital in the city, killing more than 450 people, according to the World Health Organization.
Officials from the UN refugee agency, World Health Organization and UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service) delivered stark warnings over the deteriorating situation in Sudan.
The military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, went to war in 2023, which killed at least 40,000 people, according to the World Health Organization, and displaced 12 million others. Importantly, they were allies and were tasked to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 uprising.
In recent days, violence escalated after a brief lull. In October, the RSF seized el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and rampaged through the Saudi Hospital in the city, killing more than 450 people, according to the World Health Organization.
RSF fighters went house to house, killing civilians and committing sexual assaults, aid workers and displaced residents said. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), said around 90,000 fled el-Fasher and nearby areas in the last two weeks.
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The Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday passed an unopposed resolution calling on an existing team of independent experts to carry out an urgent inquiry into the hospital killings and other rights violations in el-Fasher by the RSF.
