Tag: El-Fasher
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RSF Rampage in El Fasher: Grim Foretelling in Sudan
Context: A Crisis Long in the Making The bloodshed in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, did not emerge from a vacuum. Since the 2023 collapse of Sudan’s transitional arrangements, the country has endured a rapid closure of civic space, fragmented security, and competing militias that have redefined civilian safety. The Rapid Support Forces…
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A Sudanese Massacre Foretold: The Grim Familiarity of the RSF’s Rampage Through El Fasher
Overview: A Crisis Repeating Itself The assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has shocked international observers and local residents alike. Reports describe a deadly sequence in which a hospital becomes a crime scene, allowing no one to escape danger. The violence echoes past trauma in Darfur, raising urgent questions about accountability, protection…
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A Sudanese Massacre Foretold: The RSF’s Rampage Through El Fasher
Overview: A City in the Grip of a Grim Rampage The conflict in Sudan has repeatedly shown its most brutal face, but the events in El Fasher—where hospitals became scenes of massacre and civilians struggled to flee—stand out as a chilling reminder of war’s indiscriminate cruelty. The RSF’s advance through the town has left a…
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After the Fall of El Fasher: Chaos and Brutality Unfold as Civilians Suffer
Overview: A City in Turmoil After the Fall The northern Sudanese city of El Fasher has descended into chaos in the hours following its capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Residents describe a sudden collapse of security, with gunfire in the streets, looting after dark, and a breakdown of basic services that once kept…
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They killed civilians in their beds: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
Background: El Fasher under siege The sudden fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has unleashed a torrent of violence, fear, and displacement across the city and surrounding areas. For days, residents had heard the rumble of gunfire and the distant sounds of shelling, but the capture of key neighborhoods marked a…
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After El Fasher Falls: Chaos, Brutality, and civilians in peril
Overview: The fall of El Fasher and its immediate toll The fall of El Fasher, a key city in Sudan’s Darfur region, has unleashed chaos and brutality on a scale that residents say mirrors the darkest days of the conflict. After weeks of skirmishes around the city, reports of civilians killed in their beds and…
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RSF Seizes el-Fasher: Turning Point in Sudan’s Darfur Conflict
Sudan’s Darfur Crisis Deepens as el-Fasher Falls to RSF The capture of el-Fasher, the last army-held stronghold in western Darfur, marks a significant escalation in Sudan’s long-running civil war. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city, a development confirmed by Sudan’s military chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who said the withdrawal followed…
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El-Fasher Falls to RSF: Turning Point in Darfur Crisis
Background: A long-standing Darfur catastrophe The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been a focal point in the country’s brutal conflict, rooted in a struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The latest development—El-Fasher falling under RSF control—appears to signal a major shift in the balance of power in Darfur,…
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El-Fasher falls: RSF seizes Darfur capital in Sudan
El-Fasher falls and the Darfur crisis escalates The western Sudanese city of el-Fasher has fallen under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group that has fought alongside and against the country’s regular army at different moments in Sudan’s chaotic civil war. Sudan’s military chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, publicly confirmed the…