People who eat charcoal and leave to survive, the agency for help warns

Sudanese people eat leaves and charcoal to survive after fleeing an attack on a camp for displaced people near the city of El-Fasher, a BBC help agency told.

“The stories we have heard are really horrifying,” said Noah Taylor, leader of Norwegian Refugee Operations, in front of the BBC Newsday program.

People run from El-Fashire to a tray, but they die “upon arrival,” added Mr. Taylor.

He said some “die of thirst” while making 40 km (25 miles)- a trip from the Zamzm camp at blisters.

“We have heard stories that there are still bodies on the road between El-Fasher and Tavila.

“We talked to a family who told us about a girl who went on foot alone from El-Fasher, was repeatedly raped on the road and then died of her wounds when she arrived in Tavila.”

El-Fasher is the last city in the western region of Sudan Darfur under the control of the army and its allies. Earlier this month, the paramilitary forces of rapid support (RSF) attacked the nearby Zamzam camp, forcing tens of thousands to escape from their improvised shelters.

Many Zamzam residents have been there for two decades after escaped previous conflicts in Darfur.

The RSF has been fighting the army over the last two years at a war that killed tens of thousands and forced about 13 million people from their homes.

Help agencies say it is the world’s youngest humanitarian crisis.

After being attacked by RSF, the Zam’s camp was “completely destroyed,” North Darfur Minister Ibrahim Hatter told Newsday last week.

Taylor also warned that Tavila was struggling to cope with the influx of people running away from their homes.

“There is very little along the way of food, there is very little along the path of water,” he said, adding that the small town is currently sheltering about 130,000 to 150,000 people.

Last weekPeople running away from Zamzam told the BBC that their homes were burned and that they had been shot. RSF says he has attacked the camp, but denies performing any atrocities.