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Medics Accuse RSF of Burning and Burying Bodies in El‑Fasher as UN Cites Crimes Against Humanity Risk

UN and medical sources cite credible evidence of mass killings, including the burning and burial of bodies to hide the toll.

Overview

  • Sudan Doctors Network said RSF fighters collected hundreds of bodies in El‑Fasher, burying some in mass graves and burning others in what the group called an attempt to conceal killings it describes as genocide.
  • UN human rights officials warned of credible reports of executions and ethnically targeted attacks that may amount to crimes against humanity, with survivors describing people being killed based on tribe or skin color.
  • Independent imagery analysis by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab and Vantor indicated scenes consistent with bodies and burning, including a fire at the Saudi Hospital days after clusters of suspected remains were observed.
  • The IPC declared famine in parts of El‑Fasher and nearby areas, while MSF reported catastrophic malnutrition and a surge of gunshot, fracture and torture injuries among new arrivals to Tawila.
  • IOM estimates around 82,000 fled El‑Fasher after the Oct. 26 takeover, fighting has expanded in Kordofan with fresh displacement reported, the RSF says it accepted a Quad‑brokered truce, the army set conditions, and an RSF officer denied killing civilians; Sudan Tribune reported the RSF is holding more than 50,000 civilians in the city.