Sudan’s El Fasher Suffers Intense Fighting Amid Worsening Crisis

El Fasher: Escalating clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the western city of El Fasher have further deteriorated the already dire humanitarian and health situation, as the UN issued urgent appeals for an immediate end to the violence in the besieged city.

Local committees in El Fasher have called on international and regional bodies to intervene swiftly to protect civilians, warning that continued fighting could trigger an “imminent famine” and the total collapse of healthcare services, reports Xinhua news agency.

“Time is running out. Hunger is rising... The clashes are constant, the crimes too many to count. Speaking of hunger is no longer enough — we’ve moved beyond complaint into a phase of slow extinction,” the Coordination of Resistance Committees in El Fasher said in a statement on Wednesday.

“We write, we scream, we plead, but it feels like our words are falling into a void — no aid planes, no humanitarian corridor, no real international action, and no ground effort to break the siege,” the statement added.

The Sudanese government has accused the RSF of worsening the humanitarian crisis in El Fasher by imposing a siege and obstructing aid deliveries.

“The RSF militia has obstructed the humanitarian response in El Fasher,” said Acting Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Ahmed Mohamed Osman, accusing the group of seizing more than 14,600 metric tons of assistance en route to the city. He urged the international community to take immediate action to lift the blockade on civilians, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. Meanwhile, fighting between the SAF and RSF has intensified. (IANS)

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