Talk About El Fasher
October 28th, 2025
Nach mehr als 500 Tagen der Belagerung hat die RSF (Janjaweed) die Hauptstadt von Nord Darfur, El Fasher, eingenommen. Ähnlich wie in Geneina zu Beginn des Kriegs führt die RSF ethnische Säuberungen mit massenhaften Erschießungen durch. Von einem drohenden Genocid ist die Rede. Im Hintergrund dieser "Erfolge" stehen die Emirate mit Waffenlieferungen und kolumbianischen Söldnern. Angesichts des drohenden Genozids zeigt sich die Bundesregierung “erschüttert”, aber viele Waffen der RSF kommen aus Europa und mit den Emiraten möchte sich deutsche Politker|innen nicht anlegen. Lieber diskutiert man über Straßenbild und Eindämmung der Migration. Geflüchtete auch aus Kriegs- und Katastrophengebieten will man sich vom Leibe halten. Die RSF waren früher Grenzwächter in europäischem Auftrag. Über die Rolle der Emirate in diesem Krieg haben wir zuletzt im Februar 2025 geschrieben.
Einen informativen Chat gibt es auf der Nitter-Seite von Munchkin. Dort wird auch über ein Massaker in Bara berichtet, einer kleinen Stadt nördlich von El Obeid, die ebenfalls von der RSF eingenommen wurde. In disem Chat wurde auch ein Sattelitenbild des Humaitarian Research Lab (Yale) gepostet, das zahlreiche Blutspuren und mutmaßliche Leichen in einem Stadtteil von El Fasher zeigt.
Dieser Bericht aus Yale nannte ausdrücklich die indigenen nicht-arabischen Gemeinschaften der Fur, Zaghawa und Berti als Ziel von "Zwangsvertreibung und summarischer Hinrichtung". Diese Feststellungen wurden durch Beweise für Leichen in der Nähe des Stadtrands untermauert, die mit Berichten über Menschen übereinstimmen, die beim Versuch zu fliehen getötet wurden.
Laut IOM sind am Sonntag und Montag 26 000 Menschen aus El Fasher geflohen. Sie versuchen, auf dem Umweg über zwei Dörfer nach Tawila zu gelangen, in eine 60 km westlich gelegenen Stadt, die (noch) unter Kontrolle der SLA steht. Auf dem Weg werden sie von Söldnern der RSF verhöhnt, vergewaltigt und geschlagen, selektiert und zum Teil erschossen.
Ein vom Sudan War Monitor veröffentlichtes Video zeigt, wie Männer als Soldaten der RSF verhöhnt werden.
Ein weiteres Video zeigt eine lange Schlange männlicher Flüchtlinge; “the line has no end”. Die RSF postet deratige Videos auf ihrer Facebook-Seite.
Eine Kontaktperson in Tawila berichtete uns am Montag, dass nur wenige hundert Geflüchtete Tawila erreicht hätten. Es ist noch unklar, wie viele Menschen die Selektion auf den Zwischenstops nicht überlebt haben.
DiesesVideo zeigt, auf welche Weise der Exodus aus Els Fasher von der RSF Miliz begleitet wird. Die Zahl der Toten geht in die Tausende.
Am 27.10. wurden seitens der Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) El Fasher zahlreiche Tote gemeldet.
Einige Mitglieder der ERRs haben inzwischen einen sicheren Ort erreicht:
Hintergrundinformationen zu Darfur
Jérôme Tubiana (April 2022, US Institute of Peace): Darfur after Bashir: Implications for Sudan’s Transition and for the Region: This report examines the role of Darfur in Sudan’s domestic politics and international relations since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. It traces how Darfur’s importance has shifted with the growing aspirations and power of Mohamed Hamdan Daglo – more commonly known as Hemetti – and the Rapid Support Forces that he governs.
Jérôme Tubiana (Juni 2023, AJE): Darfur: Between two wars: Twenty years of conflict in Sudan, from Darfur to Khartoum and back: In 2003, the Darfur war began. In 2023, a new conflict has engulfed the streets of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, while violence escalates in the restive western region.
Jérôme Tubiana (Februar 2025, NYBooks): Darfur: A War Within a War: As a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces rages across Sudan, Arab and non-Arab communities are once again fighting in Darfur.
Jérôme Tubiana (Oktober 2025, LRE): Siege of El Fasher: The new road between El Fasher and the town of Tawila is barely any safer. It’s known as tariq al-mawt – the road of death. When I first took it, in October last year, it was being patrolled by the Sudan Liberation Army, one of the few rebel factions that remained neutral in the stand-off between the RSF and the army. Its forces had come down from their strongholds in the Marra mountains to enable the safe passage of civilians every Friday.
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30.04.25 Radio Dabanga:‘The body as a battlefield’: Sexual violence in Sudan is a ‘deliberate genocidal tactic’:
The systematic use of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, is not an unavoidable byproduct of conflict but “a deliberate genocidal tactic” aimed at destroying communities, experts argued during an online panel discussion hosted last month by the Darfur Women’s Action Group (DWAG).
02.05.25 OCHA: Sudan: Displacement from Zamzam camp, North Darfur State - Flash Update No. 3:
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported on 28 April that about 406,300 people have been displaced from Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp since 13 April 2025. As of 27 April 2025, people displaced from Zamzam were recorded across 19 localities in four states in the Darfur region. The overwhelming majority of them are in Tawila (303,300 people), Al Fasher (83,900), Dar es Salam, Kutum, Melit and Kebkabiya (9,055 people) localities in North Darfur State.
09.09.25 Arab News: Survivors tell of terrifying escape from Sudanese city:
Amid the intensifying siege of El-Fasher, Sudan’s last army-held city in Darfur, thousands are fleeing a 70-km treacherous trail to Tawila, littered with the bodies of those who perished from hunger, thirst, and violence.
The Rapid Support Forces have encircled the city since May 2024, launching their deadliest assault yet and trapping 260,000 civilians inside.
29.09.25 Radio Dabanga:Dozens dead from hunger and disease as devastation decimates North Darfur:
The emergency room of the Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher, has reported the deaths of at least 73 children under five and 22 elderly people in just 40 days, as hunger and disease ravage displaced communities.
In a statement by the Abu Shouk Emergency Room yesterday, they confirmed that the victims were displaced residents who had fled from El Fasher’s northern neighbourhoods to shelters and residential areas inside Abu Shouk.
The group described the humanitarian and security situation as “worrying”, pointing to acute shortages of water, food, and health services. It warned that community kitchens that had been sustaining thousands, have stopped working due to lack of funding.
13.10.25 Sudan War Monitor: Dozens killed in RSF and army strikes in North Darfur:
At least 80 people were killed over the weekend in North Darfur State as drone attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) struck civilian-populated areas. In a statement Saturday, the El Fasher Resistance Committee accused the RSF of executing a coordinated series of strikes on Dar Al-Arqam from Friday into Sunday morning. The committee said the attacks deliberately targeted shelters housing displaced families – mainly women, children and the elderly – killing and injuring scores;
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26.10.25 Sudan War Monitor: RSF captures army base in North Darfur capital: Übersichtsartikel mit erschreckenden Videos
26.10.25 NYT: Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur:
Thousands of civilians were streaming out of the city, several aid workers said. Video footage circulating online showed a long column of people trudging through a dusty field as R.S.F. soldiers drove past. In several parts of Darfur, R.S.F. fighters fired their guns in celebration. “A great victory has been achieved,” the group’s statement said. But among other Sudanese, those scenes stoked fears of violent retribution and even ethnic cleansing in El Fasher.
27.10.25 UN-OHCHR: Sudan: Appalling reports of summary executions and other serious violations, as RSF makes major territorial gains in El Fasher and North Kordofan:
The UN Human Rights Office is receiving multiple, alarming reports that the Rapid Support Forces are carrying out atrocities, including summary executions, after seizing control of large parts of the besieged city of El Fasher, North Darfur and of Bara city in North Kordofan state in recent days.
“In El Fasher, initial reports indicate an extremely precarious situation since the RSF yesterday announced its takeover of the army’s 6th Infantry Division,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
“The risk of further large-scale, ethnically motivated violations and atrocities in El Fasher is mounting by the day. Urgent and concrete action needs to be taken urgently to ensure the protection of civilians in El Fasher and safe passage for those trying to reach relative safety.”
27.10.25 Guardian: Darfur: Grave fears for civilians after Sudanese paramilitary claims capture of El Fasher:
Fears are growing for hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in El Fasher, Sudan, after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had captured the city, which it has been besieging for more than a year in the country’s civil war. n August, the UN said more than 600,000 people had been displaced from the city, while 260,000 still trapped there were cut off from aid.
Videos showed RSF fighters celebrating in front of the El Fasher garrison, which had been abandoned by the army. Others circulating online, which could not be independently verified, appeared to show the RSF berating a group of men seated on the ground, accusing them of being soldiers, and RSF vehicles chasing people fleeing.
28.10.25 Guardian: UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told:
Two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: Yale report points to ethnic cleansing, war crimes in Sudan’s El-Fasher:
The report, released Monday by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), used satellite imagery and open-source data to analyze the aftermath of the North Darfur capital’s fall to the paramilitary group. It said the RSF’s actions could potentially rise to the level of genocide.
Researchers identified evidence consistent with targeted killings, including house-to-house clearance operations in a residential neighbourhood where civilians were sheltering. The analysis pointed to “objects consistent with the size of human bodies on the ground near RSF vehicles” and multiple instances of “reddish earth discoloration.”
The report explicitly named the Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti indigenous non-Arab communities as targets of “forced displacement and summary execution.” These findings were supported by evidence of bodies near the city’s outer perimeter, consistent with reports of people being killed as they attempted to flee.
“El-Fasher appears to be in a systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing,” the report stated, calling for immediate international pressure on the RSF and its backers, specifically naming the United Arab Emirates, “to end the killing now.”
28.10.25 Radio Dabanga: North Darfur capital falls to RSF as UN warns of ‘atrocities and mass displacement’:
The RSF declared full control of the city, saying its fighters were conducting “combing operations” to clear remaining resistance. The group said it had deployed units to secure public facilities and pledged to open safe corridors for civilians wishing to leave.
RSF Deputy Commander and brother of the group’s leader Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, Abdelrahim Dagalo, urged his forces not to harm civilians or damage property but warned that any “Shafshaf”, a term used for local resistance groups, approaching the city would be met with weapons.
Internet and satellite communications remain cut, leaving thousands trapped with little access to food, medicine, or safe water.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that more than 26,000 people fled El Fasher on Sunday and Monday, following the RSF takeover. Local resistance committees said fighting continues in the city’s west, where residents have endured days without food or medical care.
28.10.25 Darfur24: IOM: Over 26,000 People Flee El Fasher After RSF Take Control:
In a statement obtained by Darfur24, the IOM said that approximately 26,030 people were displaced between October 26 and 27, noting that the figure includes around 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) previously reported on October 26.
According to the statement, most of the displaced fled to rural areas within El Fasher locality, while others reached Tawila locality in North Darfur. Additional movements are expected towards the Mellit locality in the coming days.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: Darfur governor blames foreign intelligence for El Fasher’s fall:
In a televised address following the city’s fall to the RSF on Saturday, Minawi said the capture was the result of a concerted effort by “aggressor states” that provided material, logistical and intelligence support to the paramilitary force.
“El Fasher would not have fallen without… the use of intelligence agencies in the region to cut off all modern satellite communications,” Minawi stated, adding that this action successfully severed contact between his forces on the ground and their command rooms.
28.10.25 Sudan Monitor: Sudanese Red Crescent says five volunteers killed in North Kordofan:
The volunteers were attacked while distributing food in the city of Bara, the SRCS said in a statement. The incident followed the circulation of a video on pro-RSF platforms allegedly showing one of the force’s officers assaulting Red Crescent workers and accusing them of supporting the Sudanese army.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: RSF demands over $250,000 ransom for abducted doctors in El Fasher:
In a statement, the Sudan Doctors’ Network said members of the paramilitary group arrested four doctors, a pharmacist, and a nurse who were providing medical services to the wounded and sick during the siege the RSF imposed on the city.
The statement noted that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of approximately 100 million Sudanese pounds for each doctor, equivalent to about $42,000 at the official exchange rate.
28.10.25 DW: Sudan: UN warnen vor Massensterben in El Fascher:
Die Miliz Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hat erklärt, die völlige Kontrolle über die Stadt El Fascher im Osten des Landes übernommen zu haben. Experten und Diplomaten warnen vor massiver Gewalt gegen Zivilisten. Rund 260.000 Zivilisten sitzen in El Fascher im Osten des Sudan fest, die Hälfte von ihnen sind Kinder. Seit Monaten wird die Stadt von der Miliz Rapid Support Forces (RSF) belagert und von allen Kontakten zur Außenwelt abgeschnitten.
28.10.25 Der Spiegel: Auswärtiges Amt erschüttert über Berichte zu Gräueltaten der »reitenden Teufel«:
Die RSF-Miliz hat die sudanesische Stadt Faschir eingenommen. Was nach außen dringt, lässt schwerste Übergriffe auf Zivilisten befürchten. Auch in Berlin ist man alarmiert. Das Auswärtige Amt in Berlin hat »erschüttert« über Berichte vom Vorgehen der Eroberer gezeigt. »Kämpfer der RSF sind tief in die Stadt vorgedrungen und töten wahllos Zivilisten«, erklärte das Auswärtige Amt am Montagabend im Onlinedienst X. »Das muss sofort aufhören.«