El Fasher

It may also create momentum for the SAF to challenge General Hemedti in his stronghold of Darfur, especially over the city of El Fasher, which has been under RSF siege for nearly a year.

Dreading the Worst: Fears of renewed ethnic slaughter in the Sudanese region of Darfur, where genocidal violence killed as many as 300,000 people two decades ago, have soared amid a looming assault on the embattled city of El Fasher.

In western Darfur region, the R.S.F. has besieged El Fasher, the last remaining stronghold of Sudan’s army in Darfur, stoking fears that a full-scale war inside the city could bring ethnic massacres or worsen a hunger crisis that aid workers say threatens to become a famine.

Meanwhile, intense battles continue between the RSF and military in El Fasher, a city in Darfur in the west of the country.

El Fasher is the last major urban centre in Darfur that remains in the hands of Sudan's army.