"Scores of people have been killed in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their recent capture of the city of el-Fasher in Sudan's western Darfur region, according to a medical group and researchers. The RSF, which has been fighting Sudan's military for control of the country, killed at least 1,500 people over the past three days as civilians tried to flee the besieged city, the Sudan Doctors Network said on Wednesday."
"The statement comes as new evidence of mass killings in the strategic area has emerged from Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), which reported that satellite imagery of el-Fasher, taken after the RSF moved in, shows clusters of objects consistent with the size of human bodies, as well as large areas of red discolouration on the ground. The RSF has been locked in a bloody civil war with Sudan's army since 2023, in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands."
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured el-Fasher after a 17-month siege and overran the army's last stronghold in Darfur. Medical monitors reported at least 1,500 people killed over three days as civilians fled, and the Sudanese government reported at least 2,000 killed since the takeover. Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab identified satellite imagery showing clusters consistent with human bodies and large red discolouration on the ground. The Sudan Doctors Network described the attacks as a continuation of earlier killings that killed over 14,000 civilians and characterized the campaign as deliberate and systematic. Aid agencies reported summary executions, attacks on escape routes, house-to-house raids, and sexual violence.
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