Dozens were killed in attacks on the Sudan camps damaged by famine

The United Nations said that more than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, were killed in a series of attacks that started at the end of last week in the West Darfur region.

The attacks were blamed – on the city of El Fasher and two nearby camps that people live in their homes by the civil war – on the semi -military rapid support forces (RSF). She said that atrocities reports were fabricated.

The camps, Zamzam and Abu Shok, provide temporary homes for more than 700,000 people, and many of them face famine -like conditions.

The news of the attacks comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the civil war between RSF and the army.

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clemmanin Nkota Salamey, said it was “shocking and seriously disturbed” through reports of what happened.

“This represents a deadly and unacceptable escalation in a series of brutal attacks on the displaced and relief workers,” she added in a statement.

The International Relief Organization said that nine of its workers “were mercifully killed, including doctors, referral drivers and team leader” in the attack on Zamzam.

The charity, which she said was the last provider of critical health services in the camp, and claimed that RSF fighters had to blame.

“We understand that this was a targeted attack on all health infrastructure in the area to prevent access to health care of the displaced internally.

“We are terrified that one of our clinics was also part of this attack – along with other health facilities in El Fasher.”

In a statement issued on Saturday, RSF said he was not responsible for civilian attacks and that the scenes of murder in Zamzam had been distorted.

By calling BBC on Sunday morning, a Zamzam resident, who works in a community kitchen that serves food for those in the camp, said that the situation is “very catastrophic.”

“We have lost a large number of young people, and those who were working in the kitchen of society were killed, and doctors who were part of the hospital reopening initiative were also killed,” Mustafa, 34, said in a WhatsApp voice.

“My uncle and my cousin were killed. People are injured, and there is no medicine or hospital to save him – they die from bleeding.

“The bombing is still ongoing, and we expect more attacks in the morning.”

He added that all roads outside the camp were closed and it was “surrounded by all four directions.”

One of the residents said, “Things were” very bitter. “

“Nothing remains in Zamzam. A large number of civilians have escaped, and we are still trying to leave, but we have not succeeded all the ways, and we have children with us.

“Death everywhere. I am talking to you now from inside the trench, there is a bombing.”

The war was established – a struggle for power between the army and RSF – the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, forcing more than 12 million people from their homes and pushing societies to hunger.

It started on April 15, 2023, after army leaders and RSF fell on the country’s political future.

Chen is the last major city in Darfur under the control of the army and was under siege by RSF for about a year.

Additional reports by Muhammad Zakaria

[BBC]