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Children Died of Thirst as They Fled ZamZam Refugee Camp Attack

After the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) large-scale attack on Zamzam camp, which began on April 11, hundreds of thousands of displaced people fled to the besieged city of El Fasher and Tawila, where there are severe shortages of essential resources and a high risk of harm or death.

The RSF and allied armed groups overran Zamzam, Sudan's largest displacement camp, destroying much of it and forcing most of its 500,000 inhabitants to escape. The camp was under RSF control, and those who fled to El Fasher remained trapped, cut off from aid and exposed to violence.

Reports from Zamzam described horrific violence, including door-to-door killings and arson, with hundreds dead, including humanitarian workers. MSF called for an urgent humanitarian response, including food and medicine airdrops to El Fasher, and demanded safe passage for civilians. 

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Displaced people reaching Tawila locality. They mainly come from El Fasher and surrounding camps like Zamzam and Abu Shok and report extreme violence, repeated shelling, skyrocketing commodity prices, and food shortages as the main reasons to move.

Marion Ramstein/MSF

New families arrived in Tawila following new attacks in Zamzam camps.

Marion Ramstein/MSF

New families arrived in Tawila following new attacks in Zamzam camps.

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