The Latest Breaking News from elFasher

A drone and artillery attack killed at least 60 people at a displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday, activists said, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on the besieged western city.

Civilians trapped in el-Fasher say the RSF is targeting those trying to escape.

Local rights groups say Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have attacked a displacement camp outside el-Fasher, killing 40 people

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

A siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a famine in North Darfur’s capital el-Fasher.

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

A deadly cholera outbreak adds to the misery in a region that has witnessed fighting between the army and the rebels.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday he has been in contact with the warring sides in Sudan to try to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and starving city of El-Fasher.

Sudan was plunged into a war more than two years ago, when tensions between the army and its rival paramilitary RSF exploded with street battles in the capital of Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.