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123 people killed in fighting in Sudan's el-Fasher, aid group says

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A view of destruction in the aftermath of fighting between Sudan's armed forces and the RSF paramilitary group in el-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur province. [AFP]

More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan's military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid group said Sunday.

The fighting in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, also wounded more than 930 people in the same period, Doctors without Borders said.

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