RSF militia conquers refugee camp: tragedy in Darfur escalated!

RSF militia conquers refugee camp: tragedy in Darfur escalated!

Tawila, Sudan - The situation in Sudan achieves increasingly alarming dimensions. On April 13, 2025, Vienna.at that the RSF-Miliz brought the Samsam refugee camp under its control. This warehouse houses over 500,000 internal displaced persons, which further tightens the already tense humanitarian situation.

Since the bloody power struggle, which was flamed between the Sudanese army and the RSF militia in April 2023, violence has expanded. While the army controls the east, north and since March 2025 the capital of Khartum, the RSF militia has taken almost the entire region of Darfur and parts of the south. According to reports, RSF fighters attacked Al-Fashir and adjacent refugee camp with heavy artillery last Friday.

humanitarian crisis intensifies

The UN reports that the number of fatalities has increased significantly in the past few days. A group allied with the army appreciated the number of dead to more than four times as high, and activists reported at least 46 civilians who have been killed since Friday, including women and children. Despite the severe allegations, the RSF contested targeted attacks on civilians and, conversely, accused the army to use the camp as a military base.

The humanitarian situation is regarded as the greatest crisis in the world, as is reported Tagesschau.de Refugee camps are overcrowded and there is a lack of basic needs such as tents and food. Reports of personal tragedies are increasing, while tens of thousands of people have been killed since April 2023.

escape and survival

thousands of people have already left Samam and are looking for refuge in cities like Tawila. The refugee Abdallah Adam reports of a three -day walk to get to Tawila. Amany Al-Tajeb Dawud and her family also fled to the city and complained of hunger. The UN had already found a famine in the refugee camps concerned last year.

In the context of this humanitarian crisis, the situation requires special attention. Over 12 million people have fled to violence, and more than 25 million people in Sudan are acutely threatened by hunger. The number of hungry people has more than doubled in the past two years. While Port Sudan is considered relatively safe, the refugee camp there is overcrowded and offers hardly any protection.

doctors and aid organizations report serious needs, such as the case of Anas, a boy with kidney atrophy that urgently needs a kidney transplant. His family gave everything to support him and lives in an improvised refugee camp in Port Sudan, where she has to watch, how her possibilities disappear.

The international community faces the challenge of helping in this desperate situation. A large wheat delivery from the United States could provide some relief in the short term by supplying a million people for one month. However, the comprehensive needs of the refugees and the pressing humanitarian challenges require faster and sustainable solutions.