🔗 Share this article Over 60,000 Escape Sudanese City In the wake of Seizure by RSF Paramilitary Group, United Nations Reports Numerous seek to get to the town of Tawila but experience harassment, extortion and abuse from armed men along the way As stated by the UN refugee agency, in excess of 60,000 civilians have left the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was captured by the militia Rapid Support Forces recently. Accounts suggest summary killings and atrocities as paramilitary forces entered the city after an extended blockade marked by famine and heavy bombardment. The flow of those escaping the conflict towards the community of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had accelerated in the recent days, as stated by United Nations refugee agency spokesperson. They were narrating horrendous accounts of atrocities, such as sexual violence, and the organization was finding it difficult to secure sufficient shelter and supplies for them. Each child was experiencing nutritional deficiencies, she commented. It is estimated that more than 150,000 individuals are currently trapped in el-Fasher, which had been the army's remaining bastion in the western part of Darfur. The RSF has rejected widespread accusations that the executions in el-Fasher are based on ethnic factors and mirror a trend of the Arab paramilitaries targeting ethnic minorities. Yet the RSF has custodied one of its militiamen, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with summary executions. The group shared footage showing the member's arrest after identification that he was behind the execution of numerous civilians near el-Fasher. Social media platform has confirmed that it has banned the channel associated with Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had operated the account in his identity. Sudan was plunged into a internal conflict in April 2023 following a intense struggle for power broke out between its military and the Rapid Support Forces. This has resulted in a food crisis and accusations of ethnic cleansing in the western Sudan. More than 150,000 persons have been killed in the war throughout the country, and approximately 12 million have left their dwellings in what the United Nations has termed the world's largest humanitarian emergency. The takeover of el-Fasher reinforces the geographic split in the country, with the RSF now in control of the western region and much of adjacent Kordofan to the south, and the military controlling the main city, Khartoum, central and eastern regions along the coastal region. The opposing sides had been collaborators - coming to power together in a coup in 2021 - but split over an internationally backed plan to move towards civilian rule.