At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the travel camp of Abu Shouk on the outskirts of the city and the United Nations Human Rights Office, OhchrAlso follows the allegations of summary executions.
“It is with dismay that we again witness an unimaginable horror inflicted on civilians in El Fasher, who endured more than a year of siege, persistent attacks and disastrous humanitarian conditions,” said Türk.
Serial attacks
“Such repeated attacks against civilians, which raise serious concerns under international humanitarian law, are completely unacceptable and must stop.”
Between January and June, the RSF – which has been fighting against the military government for the control of Sudan for more than two years – attacked the Abu Shouk camp at least 16 times, killing at least 212 and leaving 111 other injured.
“Once again, I raise the alarm of the serious risk of ethnically motivated persecution while the RSF tries to take control of the camp of El Fasher and Abu Shouk,” said Türk, reiterating his call to protect civilians and urging humanitarian breaks in the besieged areas to reach those who need it.
Human rights violations in Zamzam
The United Nations human rights officials recently interviewed survivors of the RSF devastating assault on the Zamzam camp, 15 kilometers south of El Fasher, where famine was confirmed in August 2024.
The testimonies corroborated the previous documentation of serious human rights violations against civilians during a particularly deadly attack against the Zamzam camp in April 2025, in particular murders, generalized rape and gang rape, disappearances and torture imposed.
“I urge third parties to use all their influence to put an end to these violations,” said Türk. “Responsibility is crucial to break this cycle of persistent and blatant violations.”
Deepen hunger
A year after the famine was confirmed for the first time in Zamzam, hundreds of thousands are still trapped in El Fasher, cut off from World Food Program (Wfp) Assistance and face deepen hunger.
The commercial roads and the supply lines entering El Fasher are blocked, which leads to a flambé of prices and the cessation of operations of most community kitchens.
Some residents would have survived animal fodder and food waste.
“Everyone in El Fasher faces a daily struggle to survive,” said Eric Perceison, regional Director of PAM for East and Southern Africa.
“Without immediate and sustained access”, for the humanitarian workers, has added Losesse: “Lives will be lost. »»
The Sudan conflict, which started in April 2023, created the world’s largest hunger crisis: around 25 million people – half of the country’s population – face acute hunger and 3.5 million women and children are confronted with malnutrition.
From El Fasher to Tawila
Many victims of the attack on the Zamzam camp and those who suffer from hunger in El Fasher fled to the Tawila camp, 75 kilometers.
“Hunger forced us to leave,” said Sondos, eight, who told WFP that she had fled with her family after weeks to survive Millet.
There was “only hunger and bombs,” she said, with bus shells in the city.
Another Tawila resident, Mohamed, 47, traveled from Zamzam to El Fasher before going to Tawila.
People died thirsty along the way, he said. “Many of them begged water. Each person must have only one sip, just enough to reach their stomach. ”
But even when people go to Tawila, the camp’s makeshift tents offer little protection against the rainy season that barely starts.
WFP assistance
For around 400,000 residents of the Tawila camp, WFP rations of high energy cookies, sorghum, vegetable oil and salt are often their only subsistence.
These are just some of the four million Sudanese people WFP supports monthly.
This assistance has helped reduce catastrophic hunger in certain parts of the central and Western Darfur. However, these gains are fragile: “WFP is ready with trucks full of food aid to send to El Fasher”, explains Corinne Fleischer, director of the supply chain and PAM delivery. “We need an emergency guaranteed to be safe.”
The RSF has not yet agreed in a break in the fighting to allow humanitarian goods to enter the city.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
