...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...ese doctors' network said on Tuesday, warning of a ''frightening'' spread of malnutrition.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have besieged El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, since April 2024, blocking food and humanitarian aid
from entering the city of nearly one million people. Residents now line up to obtain 'Umbaz', a peanut residue used as animal feed, which has become the only food available for many to survive.In a statement, the Sudan Doctors Network said the 179 deaths were a result of ''deliberate rocket shelling by the RSF''. The group issued an urgent appeal to save more than 350,000 children at direct risk of severe acute malnutrition due to the ''deliberate siege''.
It called for an immediate humanitarian corridor, warning that any delay ''constitutes genocide for the nearly one million citizens besieged'' in the city.
The RSF has intensified shelling, even as its ground assaults have been repelled by the army and its allies since mid-May. The repeated targeting of the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people has forced about 500 new families to flee in the last three days alone, a camp spokesperson said.