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'Large numbers' in Sudan's El-Fasher facing death: MSF

Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rest near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on October 28, 2025. [AFP]

Doctors Without Borders on Saturday said it feared an ongoing potentially fatal situation for "large numbers of people" in Sudan's El-Fasher, which has been captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Thousands of people have fled from El-Fasher, which fell to the RSF on October 26 after an 18-month siege.

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