The latest attack comes as the African Union rejected “intervention” in the Civil War, killing more than 20,000 people.
The Sudanese Army (SAF) said the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had killed seven people in artillery fire in Elfasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan.
A statement from the government, which is allied with the military, said Monday that the RSF shelling, which began on Sunday, killed seven people, including women and children, and injured at least 15 people taken to hospital.
On Sunday, the Army also said that RSF artillery fire in the city killed nine people.
El-Fasher has witnessed a fierce battle between the SAF and RSF since May 2024 despite international warnings about the risk of violence in cities that serve as an important humanitarian hub for the five Darfur states.
For more than a year, the RSF has been based in Khartoum, more than 800 km (500 miles) southwest of the capital from the Sudanese army, and has attempted to launch regular attacks on the city and two major hunger camps for suburban refugees.
According to the United Nations, the RSF and SAF have been trapped in a brutal power struggle since April 2023, pushing Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, killing thousands and pushing Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
According to the United Nations and local figures, more than 20,000 people were killed and 15 million people were displaced in the brutal civil war in the third year. However, some US-based researchers estimate the actual death toll at 130,000.
Does not accept “interference”
Meanwhile, the African Union (AU) said on Monday it would not accept Sudan’s “interference” after the RSF was accused of receiving arms from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Last week, the Sudanese government slashed diplomatic ties with the UAE and accused the RSF of supplying weapons.
Amnesty International also accused the UAE of supplying weapons to the RSF in violation of the UN arms embargo.
The UAE rejected the claim as “basically unfounded.”
“The Commission’s position is that Member States are sovereign states and the AU Committee will not accept interference in Sudan’s internal affairs,” said AU Chairman Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
“We do not support intervention, intervention or intervention in the Sudan crisis,” he said.
However, Youssouf declined to comment on the UAE’s potential role in the conflict. “That’s not the AU’s role. Sudan has denounced the Emirates. It’s up to Sudan to provide this evidence,” he said.
Foreign Minister Djibouti was elected head of the Pan-African organization in February and inherited records of multiple conflicts and ineffective statements.
The Sudan civil war came into the post at the very top of his priorities.
Both sides have been accused of committing war crimes.
Recently, there has been an increase in Army drone attacks on the RSF, marking a turning point in two years of conflict.
Drone attacks also target strategic sites in Port Sudan, temporary government seats and logistics humanitarian epicenter.
In February, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the halt of the “flow of weapons” to Sudan.
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