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At least 260,000 civilians remain trapped in Sudan’s El Fasher city, the last government stronghold in Darfur, amid reports of indiscriminate shelling, mass killings and the occupation of churches by fighters. Christian groups are calling for the immediate creation of evacuation corridors and safe passage for those surrounded by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.
The appeal comes after what activists have described as a “brutal attack” in which an RSF drone strike killed 15 people and injured 12 others at a crowded market in El Fasher on Tuesday. The Resistance Committees in the city said the market bombing followed a string of killings meant “to bring the city to its knees and break the will of its residents,” France 24 reported.
The groups' urgent call for action was issue