Security Council condemns El-Fasher's 'atrocities' as Sudan activists seek aid

Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), set up camp in the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on October 28, 2025. [AFP]

The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday paramilitaries' reported "atrocities" in El-Fasher in western Sudan, where an aid group and activists have described a dire situation since the city's fall.

The Rapid Support Forces' capture on Sunday of El-Fasher, the last army holdout in the vast region of Darfur, came after more than 18 months of brutal siege and sparked fears of a return to the ethnically targeted atrocities of 20 years ago.