Overview
- The RSF took El Fasher after an 18‑month siege, consolidating control over Darfur’s state capitals and reshaping the war’s front lines.
- The UN human rights office reports credible accounts of summary executions, sexual violence, looting, abductions and forced displacement in and around the city.
- WHO says gunmen attacked health facilities, with an estimated 460 people killed at the Saudi Maternity Hospital and several health workers abducted.
- Displacement surged as IOM tallied more than 62,000 people fleeing within four days, while aid groups say only a fraction reached Tawila and thousands remain unaccounted for under access restrictions.
- Independent Yale satellite analysis identified at least 31 clusters consistent with mass‑casualty scenes; the RSF denies orchestrating abuses but says it detained some fighters as foreign ministers and UN officials press for investigations and access.