RSF Claims Seizure of El‑Fasher as UN Warns of ‘Terrible Escalation’

Overview

• The Rapid Support Forces announced they had taken control of El‑Fasher, a claim not independently verified by reporters on the ground.
• UN Secretary‑General António Guterres called the development a terrible escalation, while rights chief Volker Türk flagged rising atrocity risks.
• The UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher urged the opening of corridors to allow civilians to flee a city cut off after a prolonged siege.
• Allies of the Sudanese army accused RSF fighters of executing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians, and a Yale Humanitarian Research Lab report documented mass killings using video and satellite evidence; confirmation remains limited.
• Roughly 260,000 residents, half of them children, need food, water and medical care, and the IOM reports more than 26,000 people fled since the weekend, many sheltering on the outskirts or moving toward Tawila.