Overview
- After the RSF captured Al-Fashir, satellite images and videos showed mass graves and executions, and local journalist Mohammed Duda was reported killed in the final fighting.
- UN-cited reporting and U.S. intelligence tie Emirati-supplied weapons to the RSF, including drones, with the Wall Street Journal describing a rising flow of matériel since spring.
- The RSF announced the detention of commander Abu Lulu after footage showed him at executions, including a clip in which he boasted of killing 2,000 people.
- An RSF-arranged Sky News Arabia visit to Al-Fashir drew criticism after the network’s reporter embraced a commander previously recorded urging fighters to rape women.
- UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash acknowledged prewar policy mistakes from 2021, as the U.S. and EU maintain limited sanctions on Emirati firms and Germany’s Serap Güler engaged Sudan’s military leaders amid growing Russian and Iranian influence.