Hundreds of Sudanese children flee El-Fasher without their families amid violence
On Saturday, a local group said that around 750 children have escaped from El-Fasher city in western Sudan without their families, driven out by attacks from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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- Published Date: 06:54 | 01 November 2025
Some 750 children have fled El-Fasher city in western Sudan without their families amid attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a local group said Saturday.
In a statement, the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Coordination Committee said that over 36,000 people have escaped El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, due to escalating violence.
The Sudanese group stressed that the displaced families are in urgent need of food, with most of them now concentrated in Tawila, nearly 60 kilometers from El-Fasher.
It called for piling pressure on the RSF and the army to enforce a ceasefire, highlighting reports of sexual violence against the displaced civilians from El-Fasher.
The group said that most of the displaced civilians from the city suffer from severe malnutrition, with the majority being children and the elderly.
On Wednesday, RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) admitted that "violations" had occurred by his forces in El-Fasher, claiming that investigation committees had been formed.
Since April 15, 2023, the Sudanese army and the RSF have been locked in a war that numerous regional and international mediations have failed to end. The conflict has killed about 20,000 people and displaced over 15 million as refugees and internally displaced persons, according to UN and local reports.