Sudan: El Fasher - Survivors of the RSF Invasion Face Famine, Displacement, and a Bitter Wait for Justice
Survivors say the RSF siege killed more than 6,000 people in three days and left tens of thousands trapped under hunger, violence and no accountability.
- On October 26, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, displacing more than 62% of the city's population in what became the largest single massacre during Sudan's war.
- The RSF besieged the city for 18 months, digging trenches to trap civilians before launching its final offensive. The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan concluded the campaign bore the "hallmarks of genocide."
- RSF fighters used drones to target civilians and committed widespread sexual violence against women and girls. Survivors report that men fleeing the city face detention and ransom demands of up to $3,000.
- "It is as if a tsunami had hit the city," said a resident who returned to find it destroyed and largely abandoned. Those remaining live under constant RSF surveillance with severely restricted aid access.
- Adam Rijal, spokesperson for the General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees, revealed suffering "transformed into repeated and continuous displacement to this day." Accountability efforts remain stalled as UN arms embargo reports face delays.
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After a year of rapid support control over the city of El Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur, satellite images reveal the continuing effects of the extensive destruction of vital civilian facilities during the fighting and siege that preceded the fall of the city.
One year after the fall of El Fasher in the Sudan, this city in Northern Darfur taken by the Rapid Support Forces, at least 6,000 civilians were killed by rebel troops when they entered this strategic city, and many observers believe that other massacres could be repeated with impunity.
The first anniversary of the Rapid Support Forces ' takeover of El Fasher was marked by widespread international attention as a result of the heinous crimes in El Fasher.
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