Satellite Images Reveal El Fasher as 'Slaughterhouse', Bodies Piled Up by Paramilitary Forces.
The war-torn city of El Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur state is now a grim scene, with satellite images showing massive piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been busy destroying evidence of the scale of their atrocities, gathering corpses into scores of piles to await burial or cremation in huge pits.
The city remains sealed off from outsiders, including UN war crimes investigators, and British MPs have been briefed that at least 60,000 civilians were killed there over the past three weeks. With as many as 150,000 residents still unaccounted for since the city fell to the RSF, speculation about their fate is increasingly grim.
The latest satellite analysis suggests that markets in El Fasher are now desolate and overgrown, with all livestock having been moved out of the city - a stark contrast to its once-bustling marketplaces. Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, described the scene as "beginning to look a lot like a slaughterhouse."
The whereabouts of tens of thousands of residents who have gone missing since the RSF's brutal attack are still unknown, and sources describe them being held in detention centers within the city. While some residents had contacted experts with allegations of up to 10,000 people being killed in the early days of the attack, their current fate remains uncertain.
The international community has been urged to step in and provide aid to those in need, but negotiations between humanitarian organizations and the RSF are ongoing. The UN source emphasized that there is currently no guarantee of safe passage or protection for civilians, aid workers, or humanitarian assets.
El Fasher's situation has been declared a famine by international experts, with staggering levels of malnutrition reported among those who had managed to escape the city. With over 32 months of ruinous war having left Sudan torn apart, with as many as 400,000 people killed and almost 13 million displaced, it is now believed that El Fasher may be the worst war crime of the Sudanese civil war.
The attack on Zamzam displacement camp seven miles south of El Fasher six months earlier has also sparked renewed calls for a thorough investigation into the actions of the RSF. Amnesty International's report details how the RSF targeted civilians, took hostages, and destroyed mosques and schools during a large-scale attack - calling for the RSF to be investigated for war crimes.
The war-torn city of El Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur state is now a grim scene, with satellite images showing massive piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been busy destroying evidence of the scale of their atrocities, gathering corpses into scores of piles to await burial or cremation in huge pits.
The city remains sealed off from outsiders, including UN war crimes investigators, and British MPs have been briefed that at least 60,000 civilians were killed there over the past three weeks. With as many as 150,000 residents still unaccounted for since the city fell to the RSF, speculation about their fate is increasingly grim.
The latest satellite analysis suggests that markets in El Fasher are now desolate and overgrown, with all livestock having been moved out of the city - a stark contrast to its once-bustling marketplaces. Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, described the scene as "beginning to look a lot like a slaughterhouse."
The whereabouts of tens of thousands of residents who have gone missing since the RSF's brutal attack are still unknown, and sources describe them being held in detention centers within the city. While some residents had contacted experts with allegations of up to 10,000 people being killed in the early days of the attack, their current fate remains uncertain.
The international community has been urged to step in and provide aid to those in need, but negotiations between humanitarian organizations and the RSF are ongoing. The UN source emphasized that there is currently no guarantee of safe passage or protection for civilians, aid workers, or humanitarian assets.
El Fasher's situation has been declared a famine by international experts, with staggering levels of malnutrition reported among those who had managed to escape the city. With over 32 months of ruinous war having left Sudan torn apart, with as many as 400,000 people killed and almost 13 million displaced, it is now believed that El Fasher may be the worst war crime of the Sudanese civil war.
The attack on Zamzam displacement camp seven miles south of El Fasher six months earlier has also sparked renewed calls for a thorough investigation into the actions of the RSF. Amnesty International's report details how the RSF targeted civilians, took hostages, and destroyed mosques and schools during a large-scale attack - calling for the RSF to be investigated for war crimes.
this is literally heartbreaking can you even imagine having to witness such atrocities? 
60k+ civilians dead and still no answers about what happened to so many more it's like a never-ending nightmare and i just want the international community to step in ASAP 
we need to get those missing people found, aid delivered, and justice served for these innocent lives 
like what even happened in El Fasher?? 60k+ ppl killed?? that's just numbing 
cant believe these paramilitary forces are just piling up bodies and destroying evidence... it's like they're trying to cover something up 
gotta be some major pushback from the international community tho, fams need aid ASAP 
32 months of war is just so long to be stuck in this chaos... sad to say El Fasher might be one of the worst war crimes out there... RSF needs to be held accountable for these atrocities 
. And with reports of famine, starvation, and malnutrition, I just can't even... my heart is breaking for all the innocent lives lost.
. We need to take action ASAP and make sure those responsible are held accountable 
. The international community needs to step up and provide aid to those in need, not just talk about it 
. It's time for some real change 
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. It's like the city was once a thriving hub of life, and now it's nothing but a ghost town. I'm also deeply concerned about the reports of people being held in detention centers, with no guarantee of safe passage or protection.
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we need to be holding those responsible accountable for their actions, not just talking about it from afar. the international community needs to step in with aid and support, but also with a strong stance against these war crimes. 60k+ civilians killed in three weeks is just... 