43 Emergency Room Volunteers Killed in Khartoum

Volunteers prepare a meal for the residents of a South belt neighbourhood in Khartoum, file photo.

August 26, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – The Khartoum Emergency Room revealed on Tuesday that 43 of its volunteers have been killed since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the state, which has been the most affected by the ongoing conflict.

Emergency rooms, established by volunteers after the conflict broke out on April 15, 2023, have been active in providing food and health services to millions of Sudanese. They have also worked to expose violations committed by the warring parties.

Abd al-Rahman Darmali, a member of the Khartoum Emergency Room, told Sudan Tribune, “The room has recorded an increase in the number of deaths among its members, reaching 43, including three female members, from the start of the war on April 15, 2023, until April 2024.”

He explained that emergency room members have been increasingly targeted recently, putting their lives at risk while performing their duties.

During their control over most of Khartoum state, before the army recaptured it last March, the Rapid Support Forces committed widespread violations against emergency room volunteers, including looting, kidnapping, and killing.

Darmali stated that the emergency rooms do not have statistics on the number of members currently held in detention.

Dozens of volunteers in emergency rooms, especially in Khartoum, have been subjected to a wide-ranging campaign of arrests, though this has not deterred them from serving communities affected by the conflict.

On August 8, the Fatihab Resistance Committees in Omdurman called for an independent investigation into the death of volunteer Khalid al-Zubair “Esti” inside an army intelligence detention centre in Khartoum, following a detention that lasted nearly two years.