Overview
- Satellite analysis by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab using Airbus imagery indicates mass executions near the Saudi Maternity Hospital and at a detention site.
- Witnesses reported RSF fighters conducting house-to-house killings and shooting civilians attempting to flee, with bodies seen in the streets.
- RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo acknowledged abuses and announced an investigation but denied reports of a hospital massacre.
- Humanitarian groups say only small numbers have reached Tawila, west of El Fasher, heightening fears for those missing and prompting urgent calls for safe passage and scaled-up aid.
- UN officials and rights groups push for independent access, investigations, and targeted sanctions as RSF consolidates control across Darfur.