Overview
- The RSF seized El Fasher in late October after an 18‑month siege, ending the last major army holdout in western Darfur.
- Survivor testimony, verified videos, and Yale HRL satellite analysis indicate summary executions and burning of homes and vehicles, including attacks on hospitals with the WHO reporting over 450 killed at the Saudi Hospital.
- The UN‑backed IPC declared famine in El Fasher and nearby areas, as MSF reported catastrophic malnutrition and treated hundreds of war‑wounded within days.
- Displacement has surged toward Tawila, with more than 16,000 arrivals since October 26 and an IOM estimate exceeding 80,000 for the wider area, straining overcrowded camps and medical services.
- The RSF announced it accepted a Quad‑brokered humanitarian truce, which U.S. officials and the Sudanese army have not confirmed, as the EU condemned the crisis and violence extended toward North Kordofan with a deadly drone strike in El Obeid.