UN says Sudan's el-Fasher a crime scene' in first access since RSF capture

"Denise Brown, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, said the UN staff members who visited the city said there were very few people they were able to see during the hours-long visit. Those who remained were sheltering in empty buildings or under basic plastic sheets, with a small market functioning but offering only locally grown vegetables. We have photos of people, and you can see clearly on their faces the accumulation of fatigue, of stress, of anxiety, of loss, Brown told Reuters news agency on Monday."

"The UN children's agency, UNICEF, warned on Monday of an unprecedented level of child malnutrition in North Darfur, with 53 percent of 500 children screened in Um Baru locality this month acutely malnourished. One in six were suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a life-threatening condition that can kill within weeks if untreated. A report released by Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab in December documented the RSF's systematic campaign to erase evidence of mass killings through burial, burning and removal of human remains. Satellite imagery showed that by late November, 72 percent of clusters containing objects consistent with human remains had be"

A United Nations team described el-Fasher as a crime scene after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control in October following an 18-month siege. International aid staff visited after weeks of negotiations and found few people remaining in what was once densely populated. More than 100,000 residents fled after the RSF seized control on October 26, and survivors reported ethnically motivated mass killings and widespread detentions. Remaining civilians sheltered in empty buildings or under plastic sheets, with only a small market offering local vegetables. UNICEF reported extreme child malnutrition, and a Yale report documented RSF efforts to erase evidence of mass killings.

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