US EditionMassacres Under Way in Darfur After Militia Captures Besieged City, Reports Say
The Rapid Support Forces took control of El-Fasher after heavy fighting, with medical groups reporting dozens of civilian deaths and the UN warning of mounting ethnic violence.
- On October 26, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher, capturing the main army base and airport as Sudan's army withdrew under heavy RSF shelling to spare civilians.
- April 2025 sparked the war and an 18-month siege left El-Fasher famine-stricken after the RSF built a 57-kilometre earthen wall this year.
- Social-Media videos and handout footage appear to show Rapid Support Forces shooting fleeing civilians and chanting the racist term `falangayat`, while the UN Human Rights Office reported atrocities including summary executions.
- Thousands fled to Tawila, about 50 kilometres away, joining about 400,000 displaced people, and analysts warn the fall could herald another split of Sudan.
- Rights groups note past RSF massacres, including estimated 10,000 to 15,000 civilians killed in El Geneina, as the conflict has displaced about 12 million people since 2023.
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The allies of the Sudanese army say that the Rapid Support Forces "committed atrocities against innocent civilians in the city of Al-Fashir, where more than 2,000 civilians were executed".
After the capture of the city of Al-Fashir in Sudan by the RSF militia, the Federal Government demanded an immediate end to the violence. One is shocked by the reports from there, declared the Federal Foreign Office in the online service X. Fighters of the RSF have penetrated deep into the city and killed civilians indiscriminately.
After the capture of Al-Fashir, the RSF militia is said to have killed more than 2,000 people. The African Union condemns the alleged war crimes.
Sudan Militia Accused of Executions After Seizing Besieged City
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is accused of executing dozens of people fleeing El-Fasher, the United Nations said, after the group overran the city that was the army’s last stronghold in the west of the country.
Forces allied with the Sudanese military accuse the RSF paramilitary force, which has captured the city of al-Fashir, of killing over 2,000 unarmed civilians in two days. The African Union condemns alleged war crimes in the city.
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