
For over 500 days, El Fasher—the last remaining safe haven in Darfur—has been encircled by the Rapid Support Forces, trapping nearly one million civilians inside a manufactured famine. With food and medicine blocked, and child malnutrition soaring, the city has become a “kill box.” In this episode of Sudanese Dialogues, we break down the humanitarian catastrophe, the RSF’s siege tactics, and why urgent international action—specifically emergency airdrops of aid—has become the only way to save lives.