More than 60,000 Escape Sudan's City In the wake of Capture by RSF Paramilitary Group, UN States
Per the United Nations refugee organization, more than 60,000 individuals have escaped the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was captured by the militia Rapid Support Forces recently.
Accounts suggest mass executions and human rights violations as paramilitary forces entered the city after an extended blockade marked by food shortages and intense shelling.
The exodus of those running from the fighting towards the community of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had increased in the recent days, according to UNHCR spokesperson.
Refugees were narrating horrendous stories of atrocities, including sexual violence, and the humanitarian group was finding it difficult to locate sufficient accommodation and nourishment for them.
All children was suffering from nutritional deficiencies, she noted.
Calculations indicate that more than 150,000 residents are still trapped in el-Fasher, which had been the army's final bastion in the western region of Darfur.
The RSF has disputed widespread claims that the executions in el-Fasher are driven by ethnicity and resemble a trend of the Arab militia groups targeting ethnic minorities.
However the paramilitary group has custodied one of its militiamen, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with extrajudicial killings.
The group distributed video revealing the militiaman's arrest following confirmation that he was involved in the killing of numerous civilians close to el-Fasher.
Digital platform has confirmed that it has banned the account connected to Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had controlled the profile in his identity.
Sudan was thrown into a civil war in April 2023 following a intense contest for control began between its military and the RSF.
It has led to a starvation emergency and claims of genocide in the western Sudan.
More than 150,000 individuals have died in the fighting across the country, and about 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the UN has termed the most extensive humanitarian crisis.
The takeover of el-Fasher strengthens the territorial division in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in control of the western region and a large portion of adjacent Kordofan to the southern area, and the army occupying the main city, Khartoum, the center and east along the Red Sea.
The opposing sides had been collaborators - gaining control together in a coup in 2021 - but split over an globally supported plan to advance to democratic governance.
