Inside Sudan's besieged city of Al-Fashir as famine takes hold
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As a two-year-old civil war rages on, hundreds of thousands of civilians are at threat of starvation in Sudan's besieged city of Al-Fashir. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have surrounded the city and cut off aid for more than 15 months, exacerbating the catastrophic famine conditions. The RSF are intent on capturing the last city yet to fall under their control in Sudan's Darfur region, where they are accused of enacting a brutal campaign of ethnically-targeted massacres and sexual violence. The militants deny these claims. A warning this report contains distressing content.
