How much more suffering can Sudan endure as war consumes its people? Hundreds of civilians, including patients and medical staff, were reportedly slaughtered at Saudi Hospital in the city of el-Fasher after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of North Darfur’s provincial capital over the weekend. According to the World Health Organization’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an estimated 460 patients and their companions were killed on Tuesday in what humanitarian workers have described as one of the war’s deadliest atrocities yet.
Reporting for Jocomms, displaced residents and aid workers recounted horrifying scenes as RSF fighters stormed through the city, going house to house, shooting men, women, and children in cold blood. “The Janjaweed showed no mercy for anyone,” said Umm Amena, a mother of four who fled el-Fasher after two days of chaos. The Sudan Doctors Network confirmed that RSF troops “killed everyone they found inside the Saudi Hospital,” while witnesses described bodies littering the streets as civilians tried to escape the city after more than 500 days under siege.
RSF commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, sanctioned by the United States, admitted to what he termed “abuses” by his men and announced an investigation, though he offered no details. With over 40,000 people already dead and 14 million displaced since Sudan’s civil conflict reignited two years ago, global observers warn that the fall of el-Fasher could push the fractured nation closer to total collapse. As the world reacts in horror, one question echoes through Sudan’s ruins—how many more lives must be lost before peace becomes possible? Visit www.jocomms.com for more news.
