PORT SUDAN: Shelling by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group (RSF) killed at least 14 people on Sunday in a famine-hit displacement camp in the war-torn country's western Darfur region, volunteer rescuers said. The artillery attack targeted the Abu Shouk camp, according to the local Emergency Response Room, one of hundreds across the country delivering frontline aid since the war between the army and RSF began in April 2023.
It stated that "the market and other parts inside the camp including mosques and homes close to public facilities" were hit, adding that safety concerns prevented first responders from tallying all casualties. Abu Shouk shelters tens of thousands of people displaced by violence both from previous conflicts in Darfur and the current war.
Since losing control of the capital Khartoum in March, the RSF has intensified its attacks on El-Fasher — the last state capital in Darfur still under army control — and its nearby displacement camps of Zamzam and Abu Shouk. Last month, the RSF seized Zamzam after a bloody offensive that forced 400,000 people to flee the camp, once home to up to a million displaced people. — AFP
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