RSF Seizes El Fasher, Killing Hundreds in Darfur

Sudanese paramilitary forces seized control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on October 26, unleashing a wave of violence that has killed hundreds of civilians and displaced tens of thousands, according to witnesses, medical groups, and satellite imagery analysis.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) overran the city after an 18-month siege, marking the end of the last major Sudanese army stronghold in the Darfur region. Local medics from the Sudan Doctors Network reported that RSF fighters collected bodies from streets and neighborhoods, burying some in mass graves and burning others, in what they described as an effort to hide evidence of mass killings. "What happened in El Fasher is not an isolated incident but rather another chapter in a full-fledged genocide," the group stated, accusing the RSF of violating international norms on the treatment of the dead.

Eyewitness accounts and social media videos posted by RSF fighters themselves depict executions at close range, including at the Saudi Hospital where patients were shot while seeking treatment. One video shows fighters stepping over bodies in the hospital courtyard, with a voice shouting to kill a wounded survivor....