"Over the last two months in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed horrifying atrocities in the city of el-Fasher. There, they have fired on and killed civilians already shattered by more than 500 days of siege; people already so starved they have been forced to eat animal feed. People who have managed to escape often walking to the town of Tawila, 60km (37 miles) southwest of el-Fasher are deeply traumatised. The killings have been indiscriminate and ethnically targeted,"
"Women report harrowing testimonies of rape. Children have arrived, terrified, in the arms of strangers, having been orphaned in el-Fasher. People have been massacred, tortured, and summarily executed. Many remain stranded or unaccounted for as the violence that has swept through the city continues unchecked; several thousand people remain detained, held for ransom. My Sudanese colleagues are treating patients as they await news of their relatives."
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out widespread, ethnically targeted violence in el-Fasher, Darfur, including indiscriminate killings, rape, torture, summary executions, and mass detentions for ransom. A prolonged siege of more than 500 days left civilians starving and forced to eat animal feed. Survivors who escaped to Tawila describe deep trauma, with children arriving orphaned and terrified and women reporting rape. Many people remain stranded, unaccounted for, or detained. Medical teams are treating severely injured and traumatized patients while awaiting news of missing relatives. Earlier RSF attacks in West Darfur's capital el-Geneina killed at least 15,000 people, mainly Masalit and other non-Arab communities.
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