More than 2,000 civilians, mostly women and children, have reportedly been executed within 48 hours in Sudan following the capture of the city of El-Fasher by paramilitary forces.
The western Sudanese city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after enduring more than 18 months of siege, marking the group’s takeover of every state capital in the Darfur region.
According to the Joint Forces — allies of Sudan’s army — the RSF “committed heinous crimes against innocent civilians in El-Fasher,” killing over 2,000 unarmed citizens on October 26 and 27, most of them women, children, and elderly people.
Local organizations and international NGOs had previously warned that the city’s fall could lead to widespread atrocities. The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University reported that these fears appear to be materializing.
Using open-source intelligence and satellite imagery, the monitor stated that El-Fasher “appears to be undergoing a systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing of Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti non-Arab communities through forced displacement and summary executions.” Reports also describe “door-to-door clearance operations” targeting civilians.
A verified video released by local activists and authenticated by AFP shows a fighter, known for executing civilians in RSF-held areas, shooting a group of unarmed people at point-blank range.
A recent report concluded that the RSF’s actions “may be consistent with war crimes and crimes against humanity and could amount to genocide.”
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