As a result of an attack using a drone in the city of El Fashir, the administrative center of the North Darfur province in the west of Sudan, at least 20 people were killed.
According to El Fashir resistance committees, operational support forces (RSF), which have been in an armed confrontation with the army for 20 months, launched a drone with explosives in the city center last night. As a result of the attack, at least 20 people were killed, dozens were seriously injured.
Meanwhile, the International Migration Organization (MOM) at the UN reports that due to the ongoing battles between the army and RSF in the eastern and southern regions of El Fashira, 70 families were forced to leave their homes.
In addition, MOM said that about 1000 families left the city of Cababia in North Darfur due to a airstrikes applied in this area.
– Civil War in Sudan
Collisions between the army and the quick response forces in Sudan lasts on October 15, 2023. The conflict in the country began after the overthrow of the 30-year reign of Omar al-Bashir as a result of the popular uprising.
All attempts to resolve the conflict were unsuccessful.
According to the UN, as a result of conflicts in Sudan, where the world’s largest crisis of forced relocation and hunger is observed, more than 20 thousand people died. The number of Sudanese who left the country since the beginning of the war in April 2023 exceeded 3 million. More than 11 million people became forced immigrants, and more than 25 million people need humanitarian assistance.