Cairo – The notorious paramilitary group of Sudan attacked a city in the western region of Darfur, killing more than 30 people, an activist group said in the last deadly offensive in an area that houses hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
The fast support forces and allied militias launched an offensive on El-Fafasher, the provincial capital of the province of Northern Darfur, on Sunday, resistance committees in the city said. Dozens of other people were injured in the attack, said the group, which tracks the war.
There were no immediate comments from the RSF.
El-Fafasher, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of the capital, Jardum, is under the control of the military, which has fought against the RSF since Sudan descended to the civil war more than two years agoKilling more than 24,000 people, according to the United Nations, although activists say the number is probably much higher.
The RSF has been trying to seize El-Fasher for a year to complete its control of the entire Darfur region. Since then, he has launched many attacks against the city and Two important hunger camps for displaced people on its outskirts.
It is now estimated that the city houses more than 1 million people, many of which have been displaced by the current war and the previous episodes of violence in Darfur. The RSF emerged from the notorious militias of Janjaweed, mobilized two decades ago by the then president Omar Al-Bashir against populations that are identified as central or eastern Africa in Darfur. The Janjaweed were accused of mass murders, rapes and other atrocities.
The attacks against El-Fafas have intensified in recent months as the RSF suffered setbacks on the battlefield in Jartoum and other urban areas in the east and the center of the county.
Sunday’s attack occurred less than a week later A two -day attack For the RSF and its allied militias in the city and the camps of Zamzam and Abu Shouk killed more than 400 people, according to the United Nations.
The attack last week forced up to 400,000 people to flee from the Zamzam camp, the largest in Sudan, which has become inaccessible for help workers, said UN spokesman Stephane Durric.
