The doctors union calls El Fasher, Sudan, the “worst place on earth” to live

A non-governmental doctors’ organization claims that El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Western Sudan, has become “the most dangerous and worst place to live on earth” as a result of the bloody civil war.

According to a study released on Saturday by the Sudanese Doctors Union’s Preliminary Committee, “all residents of El Fasher may become dead, either from hunger, thirst, bullets, lack of health and medical services, or other repercussions of the ongoing conflict.”

According to the El Fasher report, heavy weaponry inside residential zones has turned the entire city into an operational zone, causing enormous displacement as inhabitants escape to safer places.

According to the study, civilian communities and healthcare facilities were deliberately and methodically bombarded by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its supporters.

It is noteworthy that human rights organizations have accused the fighting parties, the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (Saf), of war crimes, including purposefully targeting civilians and obstructing humanitarian aid.

The committee demanded that the combat in El Fasher end immediately and completely, that safe passageways be opened to let in supplies of food and medicine, and that attacks on citizens and their buildings cease.

Ibrahim Khatir, the director general of the health ministry of North Darfur State, called the study “logical and objective.”

“We concur with the report’s findings. Without a doubt, gunshot wounds, starvation, thirst, and inadequate medical care are killing El Fasher inhabitants, Khatir told Xinhua.

Severe fighting has been going out in El Fasher, the final Saf stronghold in the Western Darfur region, since May 10.

Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been experiencing a violent struggle between the Saf and the RSF, which has claimed at least 16,650 deaths. According to the most recent UN figures, there are currently 10.7 million internally displaced people in Sudan, and an additional 2.2 million are thought to be seeking safety in neighboring countries.