PORT SUDAN: Malnutrition has claimed the lives of at least 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher, a health official said on Sunday.
The official said the figure only included those who managed to reach hospitals, adding that many families buried their dead without seeking medical help due to poor security conditions and a lack of transportation.
Since May last year, El-Fasher has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have been at war with Sudan’s regular army since April 2023.
The city remains the last major Darfur urban center in army control and has recently come under renewed attack by the RSF after the group withdrew from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, earlier this year.
The city remains the last major Darfur urban center in army control and has recently come under renewed attack by the Rapid Support Forces.
