A shelling and drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has hit a shelter in a besieged city in the Darfur region, killing at least 53 people, a doctors' group says.

The onslaught was the latest in Sudan's more than two-year war.

The Sudan Doctors' Network, a group of medical professionals tracking the war, says at least 14 children and 15 women were among the dead in the attack late on Friday by the RSF on the city of el-Fasher.

The attack also left 21 people wounded, including five children and seven women, the group said.

Most of the wounded suffered serious injuries, it said.

The attack targeted al-Arqam Home, a shelter for displaced families in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur, the group said.

The shelter is located at the Omdurman Islamic

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