More than 60,000 Run from Sudan's City In the wake of Seizure by RSF Paramilitary Group, UN Reports
Per the United Nations refugee organization, more than 60,000 individuals have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was captured by the paramilitary RSF recently.
There have been multiple executions and human rights violations as paramilitary forces took control of the city following an 18-month blockade featuring famine and intense shelling.
The exodus of those fleeing the violence towards the town of Tawila, roughly 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had increased in the past few days, as stated by UNHCR representative.
They were describing horrendous accounts of atrocities, such as rape, and the agency was having trouble to locate sufficient accommodation and supplies for them.
Every child was experiencing malnutrition, she commented.
It is estimated that in excess of 150,000 people are presently trapped in el-Fasher, which had been the military's final stronghold in the western region of Darfur.
The Rapid Support Forces has disputed extensive accusations that the deaths in el-Fasher are ethnically motivated and mirror a pattern of the Arab paramilitaries focusing on non-Arab populations.
However the RSF has custodied one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been accused of summary executions.
The organization distributed recordings revealing the militiaman's detention following verification that he was involved in the execution of several non-combatants close to el-Fasher.
Social media platform has verified that it has suspended the profile associated with Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had controlled the account in his identity.
Sudan was entered a civil war in April 2023 after a brutal power struggle broke out between its army and the Rapid Support Forces.
It has caused a famine and claims of genocide in the Darfur area.
More than 150,000 persons have lost their lives in the fighting throughout the country, and about 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the United Nations has termed the world's largest humanitarian disaster.
The capture of el-Fasher solidifies the geographic split in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in control of Sudan's west and a large portion of bordering Kordofan to the southern area, and the army controlling the capital, Khartoum, central and eastern regions along the coastal region.
The opposing sides had been partners - gaining control together in a takeover in 2021 - but split over an foreign-endorsed proposal to advance to civilian leadership.
