KHARTOUM: A strike by paramilitaries on El Fasher, the last city in Sudan's Darfur region not under their control, has killed at least 12 people, both the army and local activists said. The deaths are the latest among tens of thousands killed during nearly two years of war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and Sudan's army.
They came on Wednesday, the same day Saudi Arabia and the United States called for the warring sides to resume peace talks.
"The militia bombarded the city of El Fasher with heavy artillery, killing 12 people and wounding 17," the army's Sixth Infantry Division in El Fasher said. The local resistance committee, a volunteer aid group, gave the same toll of 12 dead and 17 wounded for Wednesday's attack.
Sudan's war has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 12 million.
Famine has been declared in parts of the country, including displacement camps around El Fasher, and was likely to spread, according to a UN-backed assessment. The RSF control most of Sudan's vast western region of Darfur. They have besieged El Fasher for months and fighting there has escalated. — AFP
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