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Attacks have again hit the Abu Shuk camp, the scene of the massacre of 40 civilians on Monday.
MADRID, 16 (EUROPA PRESS)
Sudanese doctors reported this Saturday that a new bombing attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left at least 31 dead, including seven children, and 13 others injured in the Abu Shuk displacement camp in the western Darfur region.
The camp is one of the last refuges for the population surrounding the capital of North Darfur state, El Fasher, which has been under constant siege by paramilitaries for months. Other camps, such as Zamzam, are now practically empty after an exodus of hundreds of thousands of residents to towns like Tawila.
El Fasher is the only capital in the vast Darfur region not under the control of the RSF, which has besieged the city since May 2024, after taking the other four state capitals. It is a flashpoint in the devastating war that has shaken the country since 2023 and has plunged Sudan into an absolute humanitarian catastrophe.
Abu Shuk was the scene of another bombing last Monday, blamed on the RSF, which left at least 40 dead. The paramilitaries denied any involvement at the time and accused the Sudanese army of orchestrating the attacks, only to later blame the group.
On this occasion, the Sudanese Doctors' Network has denounced that the RSF again fired numerous artillery shells at the camp and that the survivors of the attack are currently being treated "under dangerous humanitarian conditions."
The RSF has yet to comment on this attack, which comes after the Sudanese army launched a new bombing operation against paramilitary positions in North Darfur on Saturday.
Army drones targeted RSF concentrations in several locations, including Melit (65 kilometers north of El Fasher), Al Kuma (75 kilometers east), and the Kafut and Al Mona areas, local sources told the Sudan Tribune. Both Melit and Al Kuma are strategic locations currently under RSF control.
