El Fasher

Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan
The Guardian - UK
9 min read
UK imposes sanctions on four RSF officers for ‘heinous’ mass killings in Sudan
Senior commanders accused of atrocities against civilians face asset freezes – but no action against key backer UAE
The Guardian - UK
5 min read
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
The Guardian - UK
5 min read
Spotlight on Africa: from Sudan’s exodus to South Africa’s G20 and the arts
In this new episode of Spotlight on Africa, we hear from Sudanese people fleeing the atrocities in El Fasher. We also reflect on a year of South Africa’s presidency of the G20, which held its final major summit of the year this weekend in Johannesburg. And, in the final segment…
Radio France Internationale
4 min read
Slaughter in Sudan and the shadowy trail to the UAE
In Darfur, at least twice as many people have been killed than in Gaza since 2023. As the crisis looks likely to worsen, one nation has questions to answer over its links to the atrocities. By Robert Fox
Evening Standard
10 min read
‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia
Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocide
The Guardian - UK
5 min read
UN human rights council orders investigation into atrocities in Sudan
The United Nations' top rights body on Friday adopted a resolution ordering an independent fact-finding mission to urgently investigate reports of human rights violations in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, where paramilitary forces are accused of mass killings and other atrocities.
Radio France Internationale
5 min read
Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutrition
The Guardian - UK
5 min read
Why has Sudan descended into mass slaughter? The answer goes far beyond simple ethnic conflict
The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres, looting and rapes.
The Conversation
7 min read
Sudan medics accuse paramilitary forces of burning bodies in mass graves to ‘conceal genocide’
The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings
The Independent UK
4 min read