Source: Aljazeera, Published On 30 Oct 202530 Oct 2025 war

Survivors fleeing Sudan’s el-Fasher recount terror, bodies in streets

Aid organisations fear that far fewer people than hoped have been able to leave the besieged Darfur city.

People sit at a camp for displaced families who fled from el-Fasher to Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, October 27, 2025.
People sit at a camp for displaced families who fled from el-Fasher to Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, October 27, 2025. [Mohammed Jamal/Reuters]

By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies

Published On 30 Oct 202530 Oct 2025

People who have fled the western city of el-Fasher in wartorn Sudan are recounting scenes of horrific violence at the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as aid workers say they fear only a fraction of the besieged city’s residents have managed to escape.

The RSF has killed at least 1,500 people in el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, since seizing it Sunday, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, including at least 460 at a hospital in a widely-condemned massacre.