1 killed as paramilitary RSF shells hospital in Sudan’s Darfur: Medics

ISTANBUL

One person was killed and three others were injured when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a hospital in El-Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur state in western Sudan, medics said on Sunday.

The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement that the RSF shelling of the El-Fasher Teaching Hospital left a nurse dead and injured three medical staff members. It denounced the attack as a “war crime, a clear violation of international humanitarian law, and part of ongoing RSF assaults on civilians and the healthcare sector in Darfur.”

The network called on the international community to take immediate action to protect civilians and medical personnel in the city, “who have been under intense bombardment since early this morning with all types of guided missiles.”

There was no immediate comment from the RSF on the report.

In recent weeks, fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF has intensified across the Kordofan and Darfur regions.

The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting since April 2023, which has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, according to the UN and local authorities. Research from US universities, however, estimates the death toll at around 130,000.