Sudan’s government on Thursday detailed accusations of atrocities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the besieged city of El Fasher to foreign diplomats and aid groups, and criticised what it called international silence over the crisis.

At a briefing in Port Sudan, officials presented evidence of the humanitarian disaster in the Darfur city, which they said has been under siege by the RSF for 501 days.

He said 260,000 civilians remain trapped in the city, facing hunger and disease, with 130,000 children suffering from malnutrition. Al-Amin accused RSF fighters of raping 23 children and killing 1,000 others, whose bodies he said were mutilated.

The RSF has also destroyed six schools and 35 hospitals, according to Al-Amin. He called on the international community to work together to deliver humanitarian aid.

The government’s Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Salwa Adam Binnia, called for the enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 2736, which demanded the RSF halt the siege. She said government relief has been blocked from reaching the city.