RSF Assault On Displacement Camp Near El-Fasher Leaves 40 Dead

On August 11, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the Abu Shouk displacement camp near el-Fasher in North Darfur, a settlement already devastated by famine, killing at least 40 civilians and injuring 19 others. Residents reported that the attackers raided homes across the camp in a coordinated assault, with local humanitarian groups condemning the violence as horrific and indiscriminate.

Satellite imagery from independent analysts revealed around 40 RSF vehicles positioned in the camp’s northwest sector. Visual evidence showed fighters firing on people attempting to flee and using ethnic slurs. Other satellite data indicated that RSF units had blocked key evacuation routes from el-Fasher to Kutum and Mellit, leaving civilians trapped.

Abu Shouk is among the most severely affected camps in the region, where famine is claiming lives daily. UN officials reported more than 60 malnutrition-related deaths in el-Fasher in a single week, most of them women and children. The humanitarian crisis in Sudan remains critical, with over 12 million people displaced and more than 40,000 killed since the war began.

The Sudanese army claimed to have repelled an RSF assault in el-Fasher, destroying 16 RSF vehicles and capturing 34 more. RSF sources claimed territorial gains and the seizure of military equipment, while Darfur’s governor declared that the city had resisted those seeking to betray it.

Elsewhere, in North Kordofan, RSF operations have forced more than 3,000 families from 66 villages to flee, with reports of livestock theft and property looting. Many of the displaced have moved to Khartoum and White Nile provinces, with recent clashes in the area leaving 18 civilians dead and dozens injured.