November 14, El Fasher — The joint forces of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are allegedly received a financial incentive of USD $100 to join the battle front in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, sources told Darfur24.
Meanwhile, police sources on Wednesday told Darfur24 that the director of the operations department of the state police, Colonel Abdel Fattah Al-Ballah, was killed by artillery shelling conducted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The RSF allegedly bombed the police headquarters and its affiliated on Wednesday, including the emergency department, which killed Al-Ballah and injured others.
On Tuesday, five police offices, including two women, were killed in a similar artillery shelling.
This comes following reports that El Fasher could fall to the RSF at any time. The RSF is advancing on multiple fronts and tightening their encirclement on the city as it fights to take it over. El Fasher is the last stronghold of the Sudanese army in the region.
The Sudanese army denied reports that the RSF had made advances in El Fasher and insisted the city remained under government control. An army spokesperson accused the RSF of spreading disinformation to sow panic among residents.
As the fighting intensifies, people are also fleeing. On Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that between just days last week, 7 and 9 November, an estimated 350 households were displaced from El Fasher.