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Sudan's paramilitary forces have killed hundreds, including patients in a hospital, after seizing el-Fasher city in Darfur.
Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.
Paramilitary fighters in vehicles, on camels and on foot rampaged through the Sudanese military's last stronghold in Darfur on Tuesday, killing and detaining hundreds of people in the latest atrocity of a war that has raged in Sudan for over 31 months.
The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces over the weekend.
Sudan’s brutal two-year war has entered a new phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seized control of the entire Darfur region, ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold. The conflict has killed over 40,
Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.
On October 26, 2025, after some eighteen months of siege, El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have taken the city of El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears of mass killings.
The State of Qatar condemns the horrific violations committed during the attacks by the “Rapid Support Forces” (RSF) on the city of Al Fashir, the capital of North Darfur