US EditionSudan: An Atrocity Foretold - How the RSF Siege of El Fasher Turned Into Genocidal Slaughter
The Rapid Support Forces ended an 18-month siege that caused famine and mass killings, with thousands reportedly killed, including nearly 500 at El Fasher's hospital.
- Last week, the Rapid Support Forces seized control of El Fasher in Darfur, cutting communications and hindering independent reporting while Abdul Rahim Dagalo and other commanders oversaw operations.
- An 18-month RSF siege had tightened around El Fashir, with shelling and aid denial creating famine and a high berm trapping about a quarter-million residents.
- Verified video and satellite imagery show mass killings in El Fasher, including nearly 500 deaths at the city's partially functioning hospital and filmed executions by fighters.
- Displaced civilians from El Fasher are arriving in Tawila with little food or shelter, while survivors report kidnappings, ransom demands and looting by RSF and affiliated camel- and motorbike-riding militias.
- Diplomacy continued even as observers flagged Emirati backing of the RSF, while killings occurred during US‑sponsored talks and the UN and AU proved unable to act.
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A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan
By Declan WalshNov 3, 2025A new struggle on an old battlefieldSince the city of El Fasher in Sudan fell to a paramilitary force last week, verified images and witness accounts have pointed to an unfolding massacre in the country’s Darfur region.Residents were shot as they tried to flee the city. Videos show paramilitary forces casually executing civilians. Those who made the arduous escape to a town 65 kilometers away brought accounts of terror,…
REPORT: 2,000 civilians dead as Sudan fractures, officials say
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been forced out of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a yearlong siege, allowing the rebels to gain control of the western Darfur region, officials announced Tuesday. A Tuesday statement from the Joint Forces, which is allied with Sudan's army, said the RSF "committed heinous crimes against innocent civilians in the city of El-Fasher, where more than 2,000 unarmed citizens were exe…
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