Sudan's Civil Strife: RSF and Al-Fashir Attack Controversy

A pro-democracy group accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 22 people in al-Fashir, Darfur. The RSF denied the attack, while activists reported artillery and drone strikes on markets and hospitals. Over 300,000 residents fled since April, marking Sudan's worst humanitarian crisis.

A pro-democracy group has accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing at least 22 people in an attack on the western Darfur city of al-Fashir, although the paramilitary force has denied the allegations.

The al-Fashir Resistance Committees alleged on Facebook that the RSF fired artillery shells targeting markets, hospitals, and residential areas, intensifying violence following a long period of stalemate in the Region's civil conflict.

Activists claimed RSF employed a drone to strike a hospital. However, the RSF disputed these claims, asserting they had not engaged in conflict with the army or allied factions in al-Fashir.

Al-Fashir remains the last stronghold of the national army in Darfur and a crucial battleground in the ongoing war with the RSF, which has exacerbated Sudan's humanitarian crisis, displacing over 300,000 people since fighting began in April, according to the United Nations.

(With inputs from agencies.)