Dozens killed in attacks against hunger strikes Darfur camps

The devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who fled Sudan’s Civil War continue for the third day, residents told the BBC.

One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as “extremely catastrophic” while another said things were “terrible”.

More than 100 civilians, among them, at least 20 children and a medical team, were killed in a series of attacks that began late last week in the West Darfur region in Sudan, UN reported.

Attacks – the city of El Fasher and two close camps – are accused of the Paraviliac forces of Rapid Support (RSF). It says that they have been made reports of atrocities.

The camps, Zamam and Abu Shuk provide temporary homes for more than 700,000 people, many of whom face hunger -like conditions.

The news of the attacks comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the Civil War between the RSF and the army.

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkveta-Salami, said he was “horrified and seriously alarmed” by reports of the incident.

“This is another deadly and unacceptable escalation in a series of brutal attacks against displaced people and auxiliary workers,” she added in a statement.

The organization to assist the assistance of the help of the help of the organization said that nine of its workers “were ruthlessly killed, including doctors, referral drivers and team leader” in the attack on Zamzam.

The charity, which said it was the last provider of critical health services at the camp, the alleged RSF fighters were to blame.

“We understand that this was a purposeful attack on the entire health infrastructure in the region to prevent access to healthcare for internally displaced people.

“We are horrified that one of our clinics was also part of this attack – along with other El -Fasher healthcare facilities.”

In a statement published on Saturday, the RSF said it was not responsible for attacks on civilians and that the scenes of murder in Zamzam were organized to discredit his powers.

Connecting to the BBC on Sunday morning, a resident of Zamzam, who works in a community kitchen, providing food for those in the camp, said the “large number of young people” had been killed.

“Those who worked in the community kitchen were killed, and doctors who were part of the initiative to reopen the hospital were also killed,” says the 34 -year -old Mustafa in an audio message on WhatsApp.

“My uncle and my cousin were killed. People were injured and there is no medicine or hospital to save them – they die of bleeding.

“The firing is still going on and we are expecting more attacks in the morning.”

He added that all the routes from the camp were closed and it was “surrounded by four directions”.

Another resident, Vasir, said “Nothing (not) in Zamzim”.

“A large number of civilians have escaped and we are still trying to leave, but we have failed, all roads are blocked and we have children with us.

“Death is everywhere. While talking to you now from the trench, a firing happens.”

Assessing satellite images, a team of experts at Yale University in the United States said on Friday that “this attack is conservatively representing the most significant ground attack on Zamzam … Since they broke out in the El-Facker area in 2024”.

The Laboratory for Humanitarian Studies of Public Health in Yale said it noted that “arson attacks have burned numerous structures and significant areas of the camp in the part of the center, south and southeast of the camp.”

The war – the fight for power between the army and the RSF – created the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, forcing more than 12 million people from its homes and pushing communities in hunger.

It began on April 15, 2023, after army leaders and RSF fell over the country’s political future.

El-Fasher is the last major city in Darfur under army control and has been siege of RSF in a year.