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RSF Seizes El-Fasher After Army Withdrawal as UN Warns of Atrocities

UN officials warn of ethnically motivated killings, with access cut off to 260,000 residents.

Overview

  • Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan confirmed a pullout after the RSF captured the main base, acknowledging the loss of El-Fasher.
  • The fall of the city gives the RSF control of all five Darfur state capitals, intensifying concerns about a de facto partition of Sudan.
  • The UN rights office cites multiple reports of summary executions with ethnic indicators, as an AFP-authenticated video shows a fighter shooting unarmed detainees at point-blank range.
  • Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab reports satellite evidence consistent with bodies on the ground and door-to-door clearance operations that may amount to mass killings.
  • Humanitarian access remains blocked for roughly 260,000 people as 26,000 flee toward Tawila and MSF reports a surge of wounded, while a communications blackout and the detention of a journalist hinder verification.