US EditionU.N. says at least 91 killed in besieged Darfur city last month
United Nations reports 91 civilians killed in 10 days of attacks by Rapid Support Forces amid siege, worsening humanitarian crisis and urgent calls for protection.
- On Thursday, the United Nations said at least 91 civilians were killed in el-Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, within 10 days last month, the United Nations announced in its briefing.
- The civil war that began in 2023 has killed at least 40,000 and displaced 12 million, as Rapid Support Forces tightened their siege of el-Fasher in recent weeks.
- Local monitors recorded a missile strike that killed 16 people, including three women, and wounded 21, while a community kitchen shelling in the Abu Shouk neighborhood killed at least 23 civilians.
- More than 260,000 people face severe shortages of food, water and medical supplies, despite a limited airdrop Monday, the first since April, Khartoum Aid Kitchen co-founder Mohanad Elbalal said.
- Calling for urgent action, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T�rk warned el-Fasher is on the `precipice of a greater catastrophe` and urged lifting the siege to protect civilians.
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The United Nations warned on Thursday of escalating attacks in El Fasher, saying the city "is on the brink of a major catastrophe unless immediate steps are taken to end the siege and protect civilians."
Sudan: El Fasher - Civilians Urgently Need Protection and Safe Passage
Press Release - (El Geneina, West Darfur; 29 September 2025) Civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur, describe impossible choices as they remain trapped in the city or attempt to flee, only to face violence, harassment and looting along insecure routes. The UN has received reports of unlawful killings, abductions and arbitrary detention -- alongside indiscriminate attacks on markets, hospitals and places of worship.
U.N. warns El Fasher on 'precipice of catastrophe' as siege tightens - Radio Tamazuj
The United Nations human rights chief issued a stark warning Thursday that the Sudanese city of El Fasher is on the “precipice of a greater catastrophe” and called for urgent action to protect civilians from large-scale, ethnically driven atrocities as paramilitary forces intensify their siege. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, are tightening their “armed vice” on the capital of North Darf…
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