Siege of El Fasher
| Siege of El Fasher | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Sudanese civil war (2023–present) and Darfur campaign | |||||||||
The status of El Fasher and Tawila | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
SLM-Minnawi (from 16 November)
Sudan Liberation Movement – El Foka SLM – al-Nur Sudan Justice and Equality Forces | Rapid Support Forces | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Nimir Mohammed Abdelrahman Asia Al-Khalifa Minni Minawi Babikir Musa † Abbas Minnawi † Gibril Ibrahim El Sadig El Foka Abdul Wahid al-Nur |
Ali Yaqoub Gibril † Abdul Rahman Qarn Shata † Abu Al Qasim-Ali Musa † Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed Ibrahim Delib † Hamida Abbas † | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
|
RSF claim 1 Antonov An-26 destroyed |
SAF claim 15,470 killed (including mercenaries from Colombia, Libya, Chad) Several commanders killed 25 vehicles destroyed 30 vehicles captured | ||||||||
|
782+ civilians killed, 1,143+ injured (May 2024) 60,000+ displaced | |||||||||
.svg){kind=link}
The siege of El Fasher is an ongoing battle for control of the town of El Fasher in North Darfur during the Sudan conflict. The first battle for the city took place between 15 and 20 April 2023, and resulted in a ceasefire that held until 12 May. Clashes broke out again between 12 and 29 May, and ended with a more stable ceasefire that lasted until August. By September, the city had become a haven for refugees across the region, without enough food and water.
By December 2023, the United Nations was preparing to withdraw its political mission from Sudan. Nathaniel Raymond, a UN human rights investigator, said "if El Fasher falls, the RSF will be able to complete the genocide begun by the Janjaweed through ethnic cleansing of those they have not displaced or killed so far".