Sudan paramilitary strike on mosque leaves 13 dead in El-Fasher

Sudan paramilitary strike on mosque leaves 13 dead in El-Fasher
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Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a deadly artillery attack on a mosque sheltering displaced families in El-Fasher, killing 13 people, Arab News reported. The strike came from the north, where the RSF has taken control of the Abu Shouk displacement camp and established positions to seize the city from the Sudanese army.

One local said they recovered 13 bodies from the rubble after the afternoon shelling on Wednesday. A survivor explained that 70 families were inside the mosque when the RSF entered their homes, with 13 killed, 20 wounded, and part of the mosque destroyed.

This assault is the RSF’s fiercest since the war with the army began in April 2023. El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has been under RSF siege since May 2024 and remains the last major city held by the army, though its territory is shrinking. The RSF has conducted near-daily artillery and drone strikes, overrunning camps, killing hundreds, and extorting survivors.

Between Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 people died in RSF attacks on El-Fasher Hospital. Last month, a drone strike killed at least 75 at a mosque. The conflict has displaced millions and pushed nearly 25 million into severe hunger, with tens of thousands killed and many unable to access medical care. If El-Fasher falls, the RSF will control all of Darfur. The army retains northern, central, and eastern Sudan.