El-Fasher had so far been spared the fighting and was the last major town in Darfur outside the control of General Mohamed “Hemedti” Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces.
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With our special correspondent in Nairobi, Gaëlle Laleix
In a press release published Wednesday April 17, Emergency Lawyers said: troubled by the acceleration of the pace operations in el-Fasher and surrounding villages “. The collective of Sudanese lawyers, which lists the abuses committed since the start of the conflict, deplores at least 45 civilian victims.
The Yale School of Medicine’s Humanitarian Research Laboratory confirms nine assaults on villages west of el-Fasher, committed by General Mohamed “Hemedti” Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “ Risk of large-scale attack on town and IDP camps intensifies », Writes its latest report published Tuesday.
But this alarm bell comes too lateaccording to Sudan Tribune. The daily estimates that the fighting has already started at the Mellit gate, north of el-Fasher, and is spreading towards the Abu Shouk displaced persons camp. “ The fighting in el-Fasher risks worsening the displaced crisis, when these people already need water, food and medicine said Tom Periello, the US special envoy for Sudan.
These fights are all the more worrying as el-Fasher acts as crossroads for humanitarian aid in Darfur. Its capture by the FSR would be catastrophic for supplies.
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