Over 60,000 Flee Sudanese City In the wake of Takeover by RSF Paramilitary Group, United Nations Says

As stated by the UN refugee agency, over 60,000 individuals have left the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was seized by the militia RSF recently.

There have been mass executions and atrocities as RSF fighters entered the city after an extended blockade marked by starvation and intense shelling.

The exodus of those escaping the fighting towards the town of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had accelerated in the recent days, per United Nations refugee agency spokesperson.

Refugees were narrating terrible stories of abuses, featuring sexual violence, and the humanitarian group was struggling to secure sufficient shelter and supplies for them.

Every child was experiencing malnutrition, she added.

Calculations indicate that more than 150,000 people are presently trapped in el-Fasher, which had been the army's final fortress in the western region of Darfur.

The RSF has disputed widespread accusations that the killings in el-Fasher are driven by ethnicity and mirror a pattern of the Arab paramilitaries attacking non-Arab communities.

Nevertheless the paramilitary group has detained one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with summary executions.

The force shared footage depicting the fighter's arrest following identification that he was behind the death of numerous unarmed men close to el-Fasher.

Digital platform has acknowledged that it has suspended the profile associated with Lulu. Uncertainty exists whether he had managed the account in his identity.

Sudan was entered a civil war in April 2023 following a vicious contest for control erupted between its army and the Rapid Support Forces.

The conflict has resulted in a starvation emergency and allegations of ethnic cleansing in the Darfur area.

More than 150,000 individuals have died in the fighting around the country, and approximately 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the United Nations has termed the most extensive humanitarian disaster.

The capture of el-Fasher strengthens the regional separation in the country, with the RSF now in control of western Sudan and a large portion of adjacent Kordofan to the southern area, and the army occupying the capital, Khartoum, central and eastern areas along the coastal region.

The competing factions had been partners - gaining control together in a coup in 2021 - but disagreed over an foreign-endorsed plan to advance to civilian rule.