People eating charcoal and leaves to survive, warns the help agency

Sudanese eat leaves and charcoal to survive after fled an attack on a camp for displaced people near the city of El-Fasher, said a BBC assistance agency.

“The stories we heard are really horrible,” said Noah Taylor, Norwegian Refugee Council operations on the BBC Newsday program.

People flee El-Fasher for Tawila, but die “on arrival,” added Taylor.

He said that some “died of thirst”, while doing 40 km (25 miles) – travel from Zamzam camp to “puffed” temperatures.

“We have heard stories that there are still bodies on the road between El-Fasher and Tawila.

“We spoke to a family who told us about a girl who had walked on foot alone from El-Fasher, was raped several times during the trip, then died of her injuries when she arrived in Tawila.”

El-Fasher is the last city in the western region of Sudan in Darfur under the control of the army and its allies. Earlier this month, the paramilitary forces Rapid Support (RSF) attacked the Zamzam camp nearby, forcing tens of thousands to flee their makeshift shelters.

Many Zamzam residents have been there for two decades, after having escaped conflicts prior to Darfur.

The RSF has been fighting the army for two years in a war that killed tens of thousands and forced some 13 million people at home.

Aid agencies say it is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

After being attacked by the RSF, the Zamzam camp was “completely destroyed,” said North Health Minister Darfour, Ibrahim Khater last week.

Mr. Taylor also warned that Tawila had trouble facing the influx of people fleeing their homes.

“There is very little food, there is very little water,” he said, adding that the small town currently housed around 130,000 to 150,000 people.

Last week, people fleeing Zamzam told the BBC that their houses had been burnt down and that they had been slaughtered. The RSF says he attacked the camp but denies having committed atrocities.