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Death toll in El-Fasher may now be 5,000 as RSF continues its brutal genocide in Sudan

Hundreds of hospital patients have been massacred by the United Arab Emirates-armed (UAE) paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to reports. RSF captured the Darfur city of El-Fasher this week. They were accused of carrying out widespread atrocities almost immediately.

Up to 460 patients and their companions in the city’s hospital were murdered, AP reported. The group, who are armed and backed by the UAE, also carried out door-to-door killings. Tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict and up to 14 million people may have been displaced.

The Canary reported on 29 October how bloodstains from alleged mass killings in city squares could be seen by satellite.

One unverified claim by an open source tracker suggests the toll in the city may already be as high as 5,000:

Canary reporters were also on the ground in Whitehall for a Sudan solidarity demonstration on 29 October. People were calling out Keir Starmer and the Labour government’s complicity in the ongoing genocide:

Attacks on healthcare and aid workers in Sudan

The UN and World Health Organisation condemned the atrocities:

All attacks on healthcare must stop immediately and unconditionally.

While the International Red Cross express sorrow at the killing of five of their workers in Darfur:

We received this news with profound shock and outrage and we condemn in the strongest possible terms this horrific and senseless act.

Al Jazeera collated images of the RSF pursuing those fleeing the city, which fell after a long and bloody siege:

Helping the displaced

Hope and Haven for Refugees Association is a charity which helps those displaced by the war. Currently, they are running a campaign calling for people to send letters and art to children displaced in Sudan:

 

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As the group says:

The hope is to bring a little bit of joy; a little bit of light in all of the darkness, to let them know that we see them, we love them and we are all with them

You can follow and support them via their website. Hope And Haven’s call for action is especially pertinent for people who may not be able to get to physical protests for Sudan, or who may not be able to afford to donate money.

Executive director Sadeia Alrasheed Ali told the Canary:

Hope and Haven was born from heartbreak and hope from watching my people in Darfur and across Sudan lose everything and still find the strength to survive. We began as a small online effort to raise awareness and support displaced families, and it grew into a lifeline of community kitchens, clinics, and safe spaces run by ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

The war in Sudan has left millions without homes, food, or safety, but it has not taken away our humanity. Every meal shared, every child comforted, every story told through projects like Letters to Sudan reminds us that compassion can cross any border.

We only ask that the world does not look away. Sudan’s people need solidarity, not silence – real support that helps local communities keep each other alive until peace returns.

Outside influence

As we wrote on 29 October, the UAE is a close ally of the UK and US. Foreign weaponry – including some from the UK – has flooded into the country. RSF is the guarantor and guardian of UAE’s goldmines in the south of the country. The UAE has also normalised relations with Israel, with Israel even opening a branch of a state-owned arms firm in the Gulf state.

Several US intelligence agencies confirm UAE weaponry has fuelled the war. Advice which seems to have been ignored by the US administration anyway. Donald Trump recently spent time schmoozing with UAE leaders. As Middle East Eye has it:

When Trump was clutching [UAE’s deputy ruler, Sheikh] Mansour and laughing about his “unlimited cash”, El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, had already been under siege for over 500 days. Its people were living under famine conditions. The RSF had walled them in with earthen berms, trapping civilians in a kill box.

And judging by the scenes in El Fasher in the last few days, it is precisely this ‘kill box’ scenario which has been fully realised. Fuelled by US indifference and the UAE’s lust for gold a any cost, Sudan is looking more and more likely to become another Rwanda.

Featured image via the Canary

By Joe Glenton

This post was originally published on Canary.