Arabic version: بي بي سي تجد أدلة على هجمات استهدفت مستشفيات في الفاشر
According to BBC News, a BBC investigation found evidence that Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters systematically destroyed healthcare services in el-Fasher during their siege and subsequent takeover of the Darfur city. The investigation documented at least 43 separate attacks on hospitals and healthcare sites between May 2024 and October 2025, with some facilities hit repeatedly.
The BBC’s data showed that, from April 2023 to October 2025, 120 medical workers were injured, 55 were killed and 10 were forcibly disappeared or abducted. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called the findings “deeply disturbing”, saying repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure, including health facilities, were serious violations of international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes.
Doctors told the BBC that South Hospital was shelled several times in late May and early June 2024 before RSF fighters raided it on 8 June. The hospital later closed. After staff and equipment moved to Saudi Maternity Hospital, doctors described repeated shelling and drone attacks, while smaller hospitals, clinics, a children’s hospital and a dialysis centre also shut after being struck or attacked following relocation.
The RSF rejected the BBC’s findings. Its health minister, Dr Alaa Eldin Nugud, described the allegations as propaganda and said South Hospital had been used as a military base, an allegation for which the BBC said it found no independent evidence. Doctors said they believed medical sites were targeted because Sudanese army or allied fighters were among patients. The RSF also denied allegations of a massacre when it stormed Saudi Hospital on 25 October 2025.
Türk said UN monitoring showed the RSF had repeatedly struck el-Fasher’s main hospitals and makeshift facilities, severely affecting access to healthcare for thousands of civilians. Healthcare in the city is now run by the RSF-backed government, which has released videos showing Saudi Hospital and Teaching Hospital reopened and receiving some patients.
