RSF’s deadly campaign in El-Fasher fuels reports of genocide amid global inaction

El-Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan — October 10 (Running Africa) – The assault marks the latest in a string of deadly strikes targeting civilian areas as the country’s brutal civil war approaches its third year. The RSF, which has been waging a campaign to seize control of Sudan since 2023, continues to clash with the national army in a conflict that has left thousands dead and displaced millions across the region.

The war has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, decimating communities and forcing mass displacement. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), El-Fasher’s population has plunged by 62 percent, falling from 1.11 million before the conflict to just 413,454 residents.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has documented at least 53 civilian deaths between October 5 and 8, underscoring the intensifying toll of violence on a city already struggling to survive under siege.

Between October 5 and 8, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded at least 53 civilian deaths in a wave of attacks across El-Fasher. A representative of the El-Fasher Resistance Committee warned that the violence has escalated into what they describe as a genocide in the North Darfur capital, while lamenting the global silence surrounding the crisis.

Citing the latest assault, in which elderly women were reportedly executed and their bodies burned, the committee issued an urgent plea for international intervention, underscoring the deepening humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the region.

The Sudan Doctors’ Network reported that among the dead were 22 women and 17 children, highlighting the indiscriminate nature of the assault. The group said missile and artillery strikes—launched by drones and heavy