RSF Seizes El Fasher; Videos Show Massacres

After an 18-month offensive the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized El Fasher in North Darfur. Videos verified by news organisations show summary executions, including a widely shared clip of a commander known as Abu Lulu shooting a bound man, while satellite imagery, survivor footage and WHO-cited accounts indicate large-scale massacres at sites such as the Saudi Maternity Hospital and a university medical school, with reports of hundreds killed and claims ranging into the thousands and bodies visible in trenches and wards. Survivors report torture, beatings, theft and targeted hunts for men fleeing the city, many of whom reached nearby towns exhausted and wounded. The UN Security Council, the EU and major Arab states condemned the atrocities, warned of ethnically targeted killings, demanded immediate humanitarian access and prompted renewed calls to suspend arms links to states accused of backing the RSF. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Hemedti”) acknowledged “violations” and promised investigations even as the RSF disputes some hospital massacre claims, and humanitarian agencies warn the fall of El Fasher has intensified Sudan’s displacement, hunger and atrocity risks, reviving fears of genocide in Darfur.