Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group

"Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been monitoring the war in Sudan using open-source intelligence and satellite imagery, said it had found evidence consistent with mass killings by the RSF. On Tuesday, the Yale lab said the city appears to be in a systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing of Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti Indigenous non-Arab communities through forced displacement and summary execution. This included what appeared to be door-to-door clearance operations in the city, it said."

"Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Yale Lab, said satellite evidence showed bodies on the ground and discoloration on the ground that is red. He compared the level of violence in the town to the first 24 hours of the Rwandan genocide. We are only at the beginning of a wave of violence, he said. I have never seen a level of violence against an area like we are seeing now. This is only comparable with a Rwandan style killing in the first 24 hours."

Unverified footage and activist videos show apparent executions, burnt vehicles, and dozens of dead in El Fasher after the Rapid Support Forces took control. The Joint Forces accused the RSF of executing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in recent days. Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab found satellite and open-source evidence consistent with mass killings and a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti Indigenous non-Arab communities, including apparent door-to-door clearance operations and visible bodies and ground discoloration. The RSF said it seized the army’s main base in the city and released a statement asserting control.

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