At the Abu Shouk camp on the northern fringe of El Fasher, about seven people arrive every day with injuries sustained from clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and groups allied to Sudan’s army.
For months the RSF have been besieging El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, trapping a million people in the last major population centre in Darfur not under paramilitary control. Earlier the city was protected by a fragile peace,
