The Sudanese doctors network said 24 people were killed and 55 were injured, hitting a densely populated area in the northern capital of North Darfur.

At least 24 people were killed and dozens were injured in a paramilitary attack by El-Fasher, surrounded by Darfur in western Sudan, according to a medical group.

The rapid support force of the Sudanese doctor network tracking the civil war was a paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese army and shelled dense areas in the Awlad Al-Reef community of El-Fasher.

It said the attack injured 55 people, including five women.

RSF did not comment immediately on the report.

El-Fasher, the capital of the Northern Darfur province, fought for more than a year in the battle between the Sudanese military and the RSF. This is the last stronghold of the military in Darfur.

Sudan fell into a civil war in April 2023, when long-term tensions between the army and the RSF broke out as open battles in Khartoum and elsewhere in African countries.

Wednesday’s shelling is the latest in a series of attacks on El-Fasher and its surroundings, including two Famine camp For displaced people, RSF fighters launched a major offensive in April, killing hundreds of people.

In August, at least 89 civilians were Being killed According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 16 people were executed in RSF attacks in and around the city within 10 days.

According to the UN Children’s Agency, the RSF sieges and turns it into a “ccentre of suffering young lives suffering from malnutrition, disease and violence.”

Siege left behind 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped in the city and lived in “desperate conditions” after being cut off for more than 16 months of aid, UNICEF explain In Wednesday’s statement. It said an estimated 6,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition and are at risk of dying.

The conflict killed more than 40,000 people, forcing more than 14 million people to flee their homes and let some families eat grass, desperately trying to survive as the famine swept across parts of the country.

According to the United Nations and rights groups, it is marked by serious violence, including racially motivated killing and rape.

The International Criminal Court said it is investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.