"From the moment Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over the capital of North Darfur, El Fasher after subjecting it to a suffocating siege lasting more than 500 days accounts of the atrocities they were feared to be committing began to follow in quick succession: cases of mass executions, sexual violence, torture, and kidnappings. Most of the testimonies came from those who left the city and managed to reach a safe place from which to recount what they had witnessed."
"But, unlike what has happened in almost all the areas occupied by the rebels since the outbreak of the war against the Sudanese army in April 2023, there was no mass exodus of the population from El Fasher. In recent months, the United Nations had estimated that around 260,000 people remained trapped in the city. And, although some 100,000 civilians escaped in the days following its fall,"
RSF forces captured El Fasher after a suffocating siege exceeding 500 days, followed by reports of mass executions, sexual violence, torture, and kidnappings. Testimonies largely come from civilians who managed to leave and reach safety. Unlike other occupied areas, there was not a mass exodus prior to the takeover; UN estimates placed about 260,000 people trapped in the city. Roughly 100,000 civilians escaped after the fall, but arrivals at reception points were far fewer than expected. Many remain unable to flee due to death, injury, capture, weakness, or hiding. An earthen wall encircled the city, controlling all entry and exit, leaving the number of deaths and those still trapped unknown; tens of thousands reached nearby Tawila.
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