Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a major offensive against the army’s last stronghold in Darfur, one of the largest regions in Sudan with a pre-war population of almost 10 million. According to Doctors Without Borders, more than 130 people died in a single hospital during the RSF siege in el-Fasher, and more than 1,000 people were injured.

The Sudanese army announced that it had survived the offensive and confirmed the withdrawal of the RSF from West Darfur. Artillery fire between the army and the RSF has escalated, resulting in further civilian casualties.

The UN warns that there is a growing risk of genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Human Rights Watch reports widespread war crimes by the RSF against the ethnic Massalit and other non-Arab populations in and around El Geneina.

According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, more than 14,790 people have been killed since the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war in 2023.