Sudan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as the Rapid Support Forces are accused of killing over 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher. Reports of ethnically motivated mass killings and other atrocities are emerging from El Fasher after the UAE supported terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces took control of the city. Video released by local activists showed a fighter known for executing civilians in RSF-controlled areas shooting a group of unarmed civilians sitting on the ground. Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab said it had found evidence consistent with mass killings by the RSF.
EL FASHER OCTOBER 29: Sudan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of killing over 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher, following the capture of the last army stronghold in Darfur. Reports of ethnically motivated mass killings and other atrocities are emerging from El Fasher after the UAE supported terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces took control of the city.
Video released by local activists showed a fighter known for executing civilians in RSF-controlled areas shooting a group of unarmed civilians sitting on the ground at point-blank range.
Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been monitoring the war in Sudan using open-source intelligence and satellite imagery, said it had found evidence consistent with mass killings by the RSF.
Yale HRL finds evidence consistent with mass killing at the former Children’s Hospital in the east of El-Fasher. This site has been under RSF control and has not been operational as a health facility for over a year. Yale HRL corroborates a report that RSF conducted mass killings at the Saudi Hospital and surrounding areas.
Satellite imagery collected on 28 October 2025 shows the presence of apparent white objects on the grounds of the Saudi Hospital facility itself. They include three clusters of white objects positioned contiguous with the southern wall of three buildings within the hospital compound and the presence of additional vehicles. The white objects in two of the three locations have dimensions of approximately 1.1-1.9 meters long.
The data and analysis presented in this report further corroborates Yale HRL’s 27 October finding that large-scale mass killing has been occurring in El-Fasher since likely Sunday 26 October 2025, following RSF’s takeover of the city.
This report also identifies potential evidence of the distinct alleged war crime of targeted attacks on health facilities, health workers, patients, and humanitarian aid workers. These facilities, professionals, and people receiving healthcare and assistance have special protection under the Articles of the Geneva Convention.
Sudan: Mass Graves, Starvation & Silence
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