The Women’s Union generously contributed to receiving the displaced people fleeing the scourge of senseless war inside the liberated territories controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, led by Mr. Abdel Wahid Mohamed Ahmed Al Nour.
This was done in coordination with the Civil Authority of the Movement in the liberated territories, which made great and unprecedented efforts to provide assistance to families displaced from the city of El Fasher; dispute the meager resources and capabilities at hand We solemnly renew our appeal to humanitarian organizations to intervene immediately to save innocent people and address the worsening humanitarian situation, that many described as catastrophic, and indeed its worse than catastrophic.
A video describing the extent of the destruction of infrastructure in Abu Shouk camp and the effects and pain inflicted on the displaced due to artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces.
Darfuri armed groups attacking the RSF The Women’s Union generously
In April 2024, the situation boiled over. The paramilitaries and the once-neutral Darfuri armed groups declared war on each other. With the RSF laying siege to the city and launching sorties inside it, Darfuri armed groups attacking the RSF and the army keeping up its bombardment, fighting has continued to grow more intense. Civilians are trapped in terrible conditions, with nowhere to go for safety or food. If the conflict continues to escalate, and particularly if the RSF overruns the city, many fear large-scale massacres along ethnic lines. Battles are also spreading across North Darfur. The U.S. has levied sanctions on RSF commanders, and threatened stronger penalties to prevent an all-out RSF assault, but thus far these measures have proven insufficient to halt the spiral.
Conditions in Darfur outside El Fasher are hardly better. Humanitarian experts report that pockets of Sudan – especially in Darfur – are slipping into famine-like conditions. While both the army and the RSF have egregiously violated international humanitarian law, the Sudanese who are starving are concentrated in RSF-held territory, and the army-led government has refused for months to allow aid shipments to pass directly into these areas. In February, General Abdelfattah al-Burhan’s government – operating from Port Sudan after being forced to relocate from Khartoum – rescinded permission for the UN to deliver assistance from Chad into RSF-held territory. After further negotiation, Burhan’s administration offered an aid corridor via a lone frontier crossing at El Tina, which is still under its control, but senior humanitarian officials say this route may prove unviable for a large-scale relief effort. It is subject to constant renegotiation, and it could soon be closed by seasonal rains.
