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RSF accused of atrocities in fresh attack on El Fasher camp |
2024-05-23 |
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Volunteers have reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed severe abuses against residents of an overcrowded camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, before being forced out by a joint force of armed movements and the Sudan![]() ese army. El Fasher, the historic capital of the Darfur region, has been engulfed in bloody festivities for approximately two weeks between the army, allied armed movements, and the RSF, resulting in significant civilian casualties. The RSF’s attempts to seize control of the city continue despite international and regional calls for de-escalation. Abdel Hafiz al-Ghali, a member of the Abu Shouk Camp Emergency Room, reported to Sudan Tribune that "RSF militias stormed the camp, committing brutal crimes against unarmed youth, including beatings, torture, detention, and looting." The RSF reportedly infiltrated the camp from the north after the sudden withdrawal of a Sudanese army post. A source in the joint force explained to Sudan Tribune that the RSF exploited the army’s withdrawal, pushing in a large number of their elements before being repelled to the strategically located Mellit gate, now a no man’s land between the warring parties. The El Fasher Emergency Room announced that around 18 people, including women, children, and the elderly, were maimed inside the Abu Shouk camp due to the |
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