Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report

Remnants of a shell that targeted a displacement shelter in El Fasher last week, killing at least 57 people. The city has been under siege for more than 500 days and the suffering, particularly among children, has been severe. Photograph: Mohyaldeen M Abdallah/Reuters

The besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared “uninhabitable” with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment among people trapped there.

The stark assessment comes as the city endures constant artillery and drone attacks, shoehorning its 250,000 starving people into a shrinking urban enclave.