Sudanese city under siege: 'My son's whole body is full of shrapnel'
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Ahmed Abdul Rahman can hear the thud of artillery from where he lies in a makeshift cluster of tents in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher. The 13-year-old boy was injured in a recent shelling attack. "I feel pain in my head and my legs," he says weakly. For 17 months the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have besieged el-Fasher, located in their ethnic heartland of Darfur, and now they're closing in on key military sites in the city. The conflict in Sudan broke out in 2023 following a power struggle between the top commanders of the RSF and the Sudanese army. After losing control of the capital Khartoum the paramilitaries have stepped up efforts to seize el-Fasher - the army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region. Army-held territory has shrunk to a pocket around the airport.
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