North Darfur, Sudan – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched coordinated attacks on Zamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camps in North Darfur, forcing tens of thousands of Sudanese civilians to flee for their lives.
The assaults have plunged already the vulnerable communities into chaos, prompting Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) to issue a chilling warning;
“Without immediate humanitarian intervention, they will die.”
What’s happening in North Darfur is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe. Survivors describe scenes of unrelenting gunfire, torched shelters, looted supplies and wounded civilians left untreated.
The RSF, a paramilitary group that has been central to Sudan’s civil war chaos, is accused of systematically targeting internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had already fled earlier rounds of violence.
“They came before dawn. They didn’t spare women, children, or the elderly.”
The attacks struck in North Darfur, a region already staggering on the edge of collapse. Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps once fragile sanctuaries became war zones.
Satellite images shared by human rights observers show trails of blackened tents and desperate masses moving on foot toward the outskirts of El Fasher.
Analysts believe the attacks are part of a broader RSF strategy to dominate key territories in Darfur ahead of any peace negotiations.
Accusations of ethnic cleansing have resurfaced, as witnesses claim RSF fighters were selectively targeting non-Arab populations echoing the dark history of Darfur’s genocide in the early 2000s.
So far, the international response has been muted, with no major aid convoy successfully reaching the camps since the attacks.
MSF doctors, overwhelmed and undersupplied have warned that injured civilians many with serious wounds and burns are dying in temporary clinics without morphine, antibiotics and food.
“We are watching a slow-motion massacre. If aid is delayed any further, the consequences will be irreversible.”
This is not just a Sudanese tragedy. This is a global failure of compassion. As images of burning camps and sobbing children begin to surface online, the world must confront the cost of silence. Sudan is bleeding and the world cannot look away.
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