At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a hospital in El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur state in Sudan.

On Thursday, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group reportedly opened fire on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Saudi hospital and a local mosque, where displaced families had sought refuge. 

The Saudi hospital “is the last functioning medical facility in the city, serving thousands of war-affected people,” the agency said in a tweet.

Healthcare under attack

OCHA “strongly condemned” the attacks and others carried out recently by the RSF in El Fasher – the last bastion under the control of the government in Khartoum in the region, where famine was declared last

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