The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) assesses that between January 21 and January 25 Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have launched their largest attack to date on Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their aligned forces in El-Fasher.
RSF is encircling the city from both east and west. This is the first time RSF has been seen to the west in large numbers since the start of its siege of El-Fasher in May 2024.
Yale HRL assesses that RSF forces now control the Shala neighborhood in southwest El-Fasher. The Shala neighborhood is less than 1 km from the SAF 6th Infantry Division Base and is 2.5 km from the access point via the B-26 road to the Zamzam Camp for internally displaced people. RSF now threatens the exit route for civilians and others out of El Fasher.