SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - El Fasher death toll mounts amid calls to destroy RSF artillery

23/6/2024: Sudan Tribune - El Fasher death toll mounts amid calls to destroy RSF artillery

Sudan Tribune report that the death toll in Al-Fashir has risen to over 260, with more than 1,630 injured since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) siege began on 10 May 2024, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

MSF also condemned the RSF’s shelling of the Saudi Maternity Hospital’s pharmacy, which resulted in the death of a pharmacist and two others nearby. The hospital, now only partially operational due to damage, remains the sole functioning medical facility in al-Fashir after the RSF put the South Hospital out of service on 8 June. Nonetheless, the Saudi hospital has been targeted twice since 10 May, part of eight attacks on healthcare facilities in the city. 

Meanwhile, the acting governor of North Darfur, Al-Hafiz Bakhit, urged the army to halt the RSF’s indiscriminate shelling of Al-Fashir neighbourhoods by destroying the RSF’s artillery.