NEWS CENTER_  Hundreds of children and women, inside Rapid Support Forces detention centers, face extremely dangerous conditions; amid warnings of an acute shortage of food and a horrifying deterioration in the health and humanitarian conditions of the detainees.

The Sudanese Doctors' Network reported yesterday, Thursday, 15 October, that documented information it obtained indicates the presence of more than 6,500 detainees, including 709 women and about 500 children under the age of eighteen, in a number of detention sites in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur State.

In a statement, it noted that the detention sites include the former headquarters of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur "UNAMID," the headquarters of the Fifteenth Infantry Division, and Ardamata Prison. It confirmed that the majority of the women included in the data were captured in El Fasher city following the Rapid Support Forces' control of the city in October 2025, before being transferred to El Geneina.

The Network expressed in its statement its concern about what it described as food shortages and the deterioration of health conditions inside detention places, warning of the health and humanitarian risks threatening thousands of detainees, especially women and children.

It noted the receipt of information regarding a rise in daily deaths compared to the same period of the previous year, calling on international organizations to move urgently to verify the causes of deaths and ensure the provision of adequate food and medical care for detainees.

The Network also demanded allowing independent medical and humanitarian bodies to access detention places and assess conditions there, reveal the fate of detainees and their whereabouts, and ensure their protection from torture and ill-treatment, in addition to providing special protection for women and children, investigating deaths, holding those responsible for any violations proven by evidence accountable, and taking urgent measures to prevent the deterioration of health and humanitarian conditions.

The Network stressed that these figures are subject to review and increase as the process of monitoring and updating documented data continues, noting that no independent details have been received determining the causes of deaths or revealing the party responsible for managing these detention centers.