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Sudan's El Fasher nears collapse amid famine and relentless strikes

By Emmanuel Akinwotu
Published October 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM CDT

After 18 months under siege, El Fasher in Sudan's remote Darfur region has become a famine-stricken, bomb-blasted city on the brink of extinction.

Copyright 2025 NPR
Emmanuel Akinwotu
Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The Guardian, where he was West Africa correspondent.