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'Killed on sight': Sudanese fleeing El-Fasher recall ethnic attacks

Sudanese refugee Mouda Youssouf Ahmat Fadoul, 23, (C) holds her baby while sitting inside a tent at the Tine transit camp in Chad on November 8, 2025. [JORIS BOLOMEY / AFP]

As he fled the Sudanese city of El-Fasher in terror, Hassan Osman said he saw ethnic attacks by paramilitary forces, with civilians targeted for their tribe and skin colour.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war with the army since April 2023, captured their last stronghold in western Darfur on October 26.

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