Violence has again spread through Sudan’s war zones, with medical groups reporting deadly assaults on villages and health facilities as the civil war drags into another brutal phase.
The Sudan Doctors Network said fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the farming village of al-Ghabshan al-Maramrah in North Kordofan on Tuesday, killing at least seven residents, among them two children. Thirteen others were injured.
According to the group, the RSF looted homes, torched several houses, and even burned down the village’s only health center, adding that fighters “stole the medical supplies stored there.” The RSF offered no comment when contacted about the assault, AP indicated.
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The attack coincides with renewed RSF efforts to seize territory in oil-rich Kordofan after losing ground earlier this year. In the first half of 2025, Sudan’s army expelled the paramilitary force from major strongholds, including Khartoum and Omdurman.
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It was not the first time Kordofan has been targeted. Just weeks earlier, RSF fighters massacred more than 450 civilians in Shaq al-Num and surrounding communities, UNICEF reported, noting that children and pregnant women were among the victims.
Sudan has plunged deeper into bloodshed since April 2023, when fighting occurred between the RSF and the military in Khartoum before spreading across the country. The war has since claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced millions, and pushed famine into several regions. The International Criminal Court is investigating atrocities, including mass killings and widespread sexual violence, as possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, violence has also disrupted humanitarian care. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Tuesday that it suspended its work at the main hospital in Central Darfur after an armed raid on the facility. The incident unfolded when relatives of two casualties, one already dead from a gunshot wound, stormed the hospital on Saturday night. Witnesses said the victims were injured during a looting incident in a nearby camp.
“Suspending our activities and evacuating our teams is a decision no medical organization wants to make, but our staff cannot risk their lives while providing care,” said Marwan Taher, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Darfur.
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MSF stated that services will only resume once it receives “clear security guarantees to protect staff and patients.”
