Massacre in El Fasher: RSF Slaughter Leaves Sudan Bleeding
Sudan’s crisis has deepened with fresh reports of mass killings by the RSF as the siege war rages on. In the western region of Darfur, the city of El Fasher, which had been under siege for more than 18 months was captured by the paramilitary RSF over the past few days.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other independent monitors, more than 460 people were killed in a single attack on the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, including patients and companions. Furthermore, credible reports say that over 1,500 civilians may have been killed across the city in the three days following the takeover. Alarmingly, some sources cite a figure of over 2,000 unarmed civilians executed, many said to be women, children and the elderly, during RSF operations in the city on October 26 to 27. Eyewitnesses describe horrific scenes: house to house raids, summary executions of civilians in hospitals, checkpoints where fleeing families were shot and widespread terror.
A report by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, analyzing satellite imagery, found clusters of objects consistent with human bodies and large red stains on the ground in El Fasher, consistent with large scale killing. The government of Sudan describes the operations as a “systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing” targeting non-Arab communities (such as the Fur, Zaghawa and Berti) in Darfur.
The humanitarian consequences are catastrophic. Tens of thousands of people are displaced and fleeing on foot, often injured, lacking food, water and medical care. Aid agencies have lost contact with many teams in the region, hospitals are overwhelmed or destroyed and whole neighborhoods lie in ruin. Regional nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan have condemned the killings and warned of spill over effects across borders.
For the Sudanese people, particularly in Darfur, the hope of peace once sparked by the 2019 revolution now seems shattered. Instead of progress, they face a brutal campaign that echoes the darkest periods of the region’s history. The world watches, aid tries to get in, but every hour of delay means more deaths, more suffering and more bleeding.