🔗 Share this article In excess of 60,000 Escape Sudan's City Following Capture by RSF Militia, UN Says Numerous are attempting to get to the town of Tawila but face harassment, extortion and mistreatment from armed men along the way Per the UNHCR, in excess of 60,000 people have left the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was seized by the militia RSF over the weekend. Reports indicate summary killings and atrocities as paramilitary forces entered the city following an year-and-a-half siege featuring starvation and intense shelling. The flow of those running from the conflict towards the community of Tawila, about 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had grown in the recent days, according to UNHCR representative. Survivors were describing terrible stories of abuses, including rape, and the organization was struggling to locate sufficient housing and food for them. All children was suffering from undernourishment, she added. Estimates suggest that in excess of 150,000 people are still unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the military's final fortress in the western region of Darfur. The Rapid Support Forces has rejected widespread accusations that the killings in el-Fasher are ethnically motivated and resemble a trend of the Arab paramilitaries targeting non-Arab communities. Nevertheless the paramilitary group has arrested one of its members, Abu Lulu, who has been implicated in on-the-spot executions. The group released recordings revealing the militiaman's detention after identification that he was responsible for the execution of multiple unarmed men in the vicinity of el-Fasher. Digital platform has verified that it has banned the account associated with Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had controlled the profile in his identity. Sudan was plunged into a domestic fighting in April 2023 after a brutal power struggle erupted between its military and the Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has led to a food crisis and allegations of genocide in the western Sudan. More than 150,000 people have died in the war around the country, and about 12 million have left their dwellings in what the United Nations has termed the most extensive humanitarian emergency. The capture of el-Fasher solidifies the geographic split in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in command of western Sudan and significant areas of bordering Kordofan to the southern area, and the army holding the main city, Khartoum, the center and east along the Red Sea. The two warring rivals had been allies - taking over together in a seizure of power in 2021 - but disagreed over an internationally backed initiative to move towards democratic governance.