Seizure of Sudan's El Fasher a 'Political and Moral Defeat' for RSF Militia: Expert

Execution, Sexual Violence, Kidnapping: Survivors Recount Horrors Inside El-Fasher and on Trek to Escape RSF Takeover

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New light shed on el-Fasher horror as survivors arrive in Sudan’s Tawila

Testimonies describe bodies in streets, families torn apart and days without food as paramilitary seizes Sudan city.

Seizure of Sudan's El Fasher a 'political and moral defeat' for RSF militia: expert

The fall of El Fasher, the last army stronghold in Darfur, has become a turning point in Sudan's war. Last week, after an 18-month siege, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city, leaving thousands dead or displaced and many civilians still trapped. RFI spoke to an analyst who warns Sudan could now be on the brink of a split between east and west.

The fall of El-Fasher: Sudan's war outpaces truce plan

The war in Sudan is one of the world's most acute humanitarian crises. The EU must press for accountability, curb arms flows, and back global investigations into the illicit financial networks sustaining the conflict.