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At least 43 people, among them women and children, were killed as fighting was taking place between the SAF and RSF.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed grave concerns over the worsening situation and intensified fighting in Western Sudan. The fighting is taking place mostly in and around the city of El-Fasher located in North Darfur.
A civil war between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the Janjaweed leader, Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April. 2023. This is believed to be a turf war between the two leaders
Reports indicate that both parties have launched indiscriminate attacks using explosive weapons with wide-area effects, such as mortar shells and rockets fired from fighter jets, in residential districts, a UN official said. At least 43 people, among them women and children, were killed as fighting was taking place between the SAF and RSF.
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an immediate de-escalation and an end to the conflict. He also urged both parties to the conflict and their allies to grant civilians safe passage to other areas, ensure the protection of civilians and civilian objects, and facilitate safe and unhindered humanitarian access.
Since early April, the RSF has conducted several large-scale attacks on the villages in western El-Fasher mostly inhabited by the African Zaghawa ethnic community. Some of the villages, including Durma, Umoshosh, Sarafaya, and Ozbani were burnt down by the RSF.
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Last year fighting and attacks between the Rizeigat and the African Masalit in West Darfur left hundreds of civilians dead or injured, and thousands displaced from their homes.
