Overview
- The Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher on October 26 after an 18‑month siege, ending the Sudanese army’s last major hold in Darfur.
- Survivor accounts, NGO reports and satellite-verified videos detail executions, sexual violence, mass detentions and ransom kidnappings attributed to RSF fighters.
- Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab detects no large civilian exodus from El-Fasher and satellite signatures consistent with large-scale body removal, heightening fears of mass killings.
- UN figures indicate roughly 60,000–65,000 people have fled while many remain trapped or missing, and an IPC assessment warns famine is spreading to El-Fasher and the besieged city of Kadugli.
- Fighting and displacement are rising in Kordofan, with IOM reporting 36,825 newly uprooted and clashes near El-Obeid, as the ICC signals potential crimes under international law and France urges a ceasefire and accountability.