After the strategically vital city El-Fasher recently fell following an 18-month siege, the paramilitary groups that took over are being accused of an attempted genocide. Allies of the Sudanese Army, the “Joint Forces,” stated the rebels “committed heinous crimes against innocent civilians in the city of El-Fasher, where more than 2,000 unarmed citizens were executed and killed on Oct 26 and Oct 27, most of them women, children and the elderly”.
Pro-democracy activists, meanwhile, said El-Fasher residents had endured “the worst forms of violence and ethnic cleansing” since the RSF claimed control.
A video released by local activists and authenticated by AFP shows a fighter known for executing civilians in RSF-controlled areas shooting a group of unarmed civilians sitting on the ground at point-blank range.
The paramilitaries have a track record of atrocities, having killed as many as 15,000 civilians from non-Arab groups in the West Darfur capital of El-Geneina.
The army, which has been fighting the RSF since April 2023, has also been accused of war crimes.
