Description: The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have intensified their siege on El Fasher in the Darfur region through intense aerial attacks on a hospital killing 13 people, and kidnapping more than 10 people. The rebel group fighting the country’s military is suspected of killing or executing more than 100 people in the last 10 days according to estimations by the UN, with most of the killings focused around the Darfur and Kordofan regions. Earlier this month, the besieged refugee camp, Abu Shouk, sustained attacks from the RSF with suspected 40 people dead or missing. The Sudanese army and the RSF last week traded blame on the attacks upon a UN convoy carrying aid, where 16 trucks were struck with no casualties inflicted. The country, despite suffering immense humanitarian devastation from the war, is also experiencing an upsurge in cholera cases which have so far claimed the lives of more than one thousand people.
Impact: The besieged city of El Fasher as one of Sudan’s army last strongholds in the Darfur region has been under constant strain from armed confrontations between the warring parties as the humanitarian crisis substantially deteriorated over the past couple of weeks. Last week’s attack on the UN convoy where 16 trucks carrying aid were destroyed emphasized the desperate security situation as the entry of humanitarian aid across larger swathes of territory was improbable due to security concerns and the weaponization of transporting corridors by both the RSF and Sudan’s army. No concrete diplomatic initiatives have been undertaken for the potential rapprochement between the RSF and the military, which coupled with the intensification of activities from terrorist groups in the region indicates on the continuation of the war and extremely volatile security and humanitarian situation in the country.