At least six killed, 20 wounded in shelling of Sudan’s El Fasher camp

May 6, 2025 (EL FASHER) – At least six people were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday when shells hit the Abushouk displacement camp in El Fasher, North Darfur, a local emergency group said, blaming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Abushouk camp, located north of El Fasher city, has endured almost daily artillery shelling attributed to the RSF, forcing many of its estimated 190,000 displaced residents to flee, community leaders said.

The shelling has destroyed thousands of homes, damaged water sources and medical facilities, and worsened a humanitarian crisis that includes spreading famine, according to camp residents and local reports.

The Abushouk Emergency Room said in a statement that RSF shelling on the camp “resulted in the deaths of more than six people and injuring over 20 displaced individuals.”

Fighting has escalated around El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the vast Darfur region, as the RSF has tightened its siege on the city in recent weeks.

Residents in El Fasher face severe shortages of food, medicine, and drinking water amid continuous shelling by artillery and drones, local sources said. The siege reportedly intensified after the RSF took control of the Zamzam camp, another large displacement site southwest of El Fasher, on April 14.