Fresh clashes between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries have ravaged El-Fasher as the fighting has killed at least 27 people.
El-Fasher city is a vital lifeline for millions of people in the region, and its fall could trigger a devastating famine. / Photo: AA
The fighting has since continued, eyewitnesses said on Sunday, reporting air strikes and artillery shelling that left"houses on fire", one resident told AFP. El-Fasher is the last major city in Darfur that is not under RSF control. The international community, including the UN and the United States, have for weeks warned against a looming offensive on the city.MSF said on Sunday that an air strike carried out by the army — which maintains a functional monopoly on the skies — landed 50 metres from the Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital.
Fighters have targeted medical personnel, turned hospitals into barracks and routinely looted and prevented medical supplies from getting through.
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