RSF Accused of Massacre in El-Fasher as Sudan’s Civil War Deepens

In Sudan’s Darfur region, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have carried out a large-scale massacre in the western city of El-Fasher, killing at least 1,500 people over the past three days, according to reports. The violence marks one of the deadliest episodes yet in the country’s ongoing civil war, now in its second year.

The Sudan Doctors’ Network stated that RSF fighters recently seized control of El-Fasher from the army and then targeted civilians attempting to flee the city. The group described the killings as a “true genocide.”

Reports indicate that in the last 18 months alone, nearly 14,000 people in El-Fasher have been killed through bombings, starvation, and extrajudicial executions attributed to the RSF. The latest wave of killings has added a new and devastating chapter to the conflict.

Satellite images from the city show human-shaped figures lying in the streets, which locals believe to be the bodies of civilians.

Sudan remains gripped by one of the worst civil wars in its modern history, with the conflict between the army and the RSF leaving entire communities devastated and raising urgent concerns of further atrocities.