US EditionSurvivors of Sudan's El-Fasher say RSF is separating families and killing children
The Rapid Support Forces are accused of killing over 2,000 civilians and displacing tens of thousands amid ethnic violence and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur, aid groups report.
- On October 26, 2025 the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher, and army allies accused them of killing up to 2,000 civilians during the assault.
- Since April 2023 the conflict between the RSF and Sudan's army has escalated, with an 18-month siege leading to the RSF capturing El-Fasher as it pushed to control Darfur.
- MSF and eyewitnesses reported that a group of 500 fleeing civilians and soldiers was mostly killed or captured, with survivors describing gender- and age-based separations and ransom demands up to $50,000.
- Humanitarian groups warn that blockades and blackouts are preventing aid as only 5,000 people have reached Tawila while more than 65,000 have fled El-Fasher since Sunday.
- International actors have flagged genocide allegations and ICC probes as the US says the RSF committed genocide in Darfur, while UN reports tie RSF weapons to the UAE, fueling boycott calls and social-media outrage.
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El-Fasher's Fall: A New Chapter in Darfur's Ethnic Cleansing
The world's worst humanitarian crisis just found a new epicenter. The capture of El-Fasher signals the start of a worsening chapter in the history of Sudan. The capture of El-Fasher, North Darfur, by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on October 26, 2025, marks a catastrophic turning point in Sudan's civil war and signals a chilling continuation of the region's decades-long pattern of ethnic cleansing. With over 260…
The Sudanese city of El Fasher has been transformed into a bloodbath. After the paramilitary force RSF took control of the city, survivors talk about their escape. “We saw people being shot in front of us,” says a man who managed to escape to the BBC.
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Families separated, children killed as survivors flee Sudan's 'apocalyptic' El-Fasher
Survivors fleeing the Sudanese city of El-Fasher told AFP on Saturday that paramilitary fighters separated families and killed children in front of their parents, with tens of thousands still trapped following the city's fall.
Reports of Mass Killings After Militia Storms City in Sudan
Sudan’s brutal civil war entered a new round of extreme violence this week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the key city of El Fasher in Western Darfur following a year and a half of siege. Witnesses and local reports described massacres and executions of civilians by the militia as thousands fled the city. El Fasher was seen as the last holdout in Darfur of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), whom the RSF has been fightin…
After 18 months of siege, the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces took over last weekend El-Facher, the last major city in Darfur.
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