Overview
- Rapid Support Forces claim full control of El Fasher after Sudanese army units withdrew, taking the last major army-held city in Darfur.
- Sudan’s Joint Forces accuse the RSF of executing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians on October 26–27, allegations not independently verified as medical and rights networks report widespread abuses.
- Satellite imagery analyzed by the Associated Press and Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab shows severe damage at the army’s 6th Division headquarters and indications of detainees near the city airstrip.
- UNICEF reported 260,000 people were trapped in the city before the assault, and the IOM now estimates more than 33,000 have fled since Sunday, with urgent needs for food, medical care and shelter.
- U.S.-sponsored ceasefire talks in Washington collapsed shortly before the assault as diplomats cited alleged UAE backing for the RSF, which Abu Dhabi denies, while the UN and EU press for humanitarian access and accountability.