El-fasher: Medical group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Friday reported a sharp increase in malnutrition cases among displaced civilians fleeing the city of El-Fasher to the nearby Tawila town in North Darfur, western Sudan.

According to Anadolu Agency, MSF stated that Sudanese civilians continue to flee El-Fasher, with 300 new arrivals recorded in Tawila on Thursday. The organization renewed its call for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to allow more people 'to flee safely,' amid reports of civilians still trapped or held for ransom around El-Fasher.

MSF's statement highlighted severe issues, noting extremely high levels of malnutrition, primarily among children under five and pregnant women. The statement also mentioned gunshot wounds, fractures, and other injuries consistent with beatings and torture. MSF emphasized the massive impact on the mental health of displaced people and warned of a severe shortage of basic necessities, including water, food, and shelter, in Tawila's camps hosting displaced civilians.

Local sources informed the Sudanese Alrakoba newspaper about large military reinforcements from the RSF and its allied Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) being deployed around the city of Dilling in South Kordofan. The RSF captured El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, on October 26, committing massacres against civilians, according to local and international organizations. There are warnings that the assault could further entrench the geographical partition of Sudan.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimated that more than 81,000 people have been displaced from El-Fasher and its surroundings since the RSF takeover. Since April 15, 2023, the Sudanese army and the RSF have been engaged in a conflict that regional and international mediations have failed to resolve, resulting in thousands of deaths and millions displaced.