Aid workers fear for those missing from city in Sudan’s Darfur region

Aid workers worried on Thursday that only a trickle of the people believed to have fled a paramilitary force that seized a city in Sudan's Darfur region have reached safety, as hundreds reportedly have been killed in the attack and while making their escape.

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People have been arriving in a town west of el-Fasher, having fled on foot during the attack by the Rapid Support Forces, which has been fighting troops allied to Sudan’s military since 2023 in the East African nation.

Already, the World Health Organisation has warned that the violence has reportedly Killed 460 people in a hospital in el-Fasher,

Witnesses have told The Associated Press that RSF fighters also went from house to house, beating and shooting people, including women and children.

Disrupted communications around El-Fasher have made assessing the devastation that much more difficult. Experts have said satellite photos also appear to show bodies in the streets of the city after the RSF attack.