As many as 177,000 civilians were stranded in the Sudanese city of Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias over the weekend, amid reports of mass killings and ethnic cleansing by the paramilitary group. The “RSF committed a horrifying massacre against unarmed civilians on an ethnic basis in a crime of racial cleansing. Reports from our field teams indicate that the number of victims is estimated in the thousands, amid severe communication difficulties and total insecurity,” the Sudan Doctors’ Union said in a statement late Wednesday.
