RSF accused of ethnic cleansing in El Fasher
October 27, 2025 (EL FASHER) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) faced accusations of carrying out an “ethnic cleansing” massacre in El Fasher on Monday, a day after capturing the North Darfur capital, prompting United Nations calls for an immediate ceasefire.
The Sudan Doctors’ Network said in a statement that the RSF “carried out a horrific massacre on Sunday evening against unarmed civilians in El Fasher, on an ethnic basis, in a crime of ethnic cleansing.”
The network said field reports indicated dozens of victims, adding that the RSF also looted hospitals and medical facilities, causing a “near-total collapse of the city’s health sector.” It described the events as mass murder and a flagrant violation of international law.
The RSF announced on Sunday it had taken control of the Sudanese army’s 6th Infantry Division headquarters after a prolonged siege, cementing its control over the city.
The governor of the Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, acknowledged the city’s fall but vowed not to “surrender Darfur’s future to violent groups.” He called for an independent investigation into the “violations and massacres” committed by the militia.
The United Nations expressed concern over reports of civilian casualties and forced displacement and called for an immediate ceasefire. “Humanitarian agencies have life-saving supplies, but the intense attacks have made it impossible to deliver aid,” it said in a statement.
The Coordination of El Fasher Resistance Committees said civilians fleeing the city were “being subjected to the most heinous forms of violence and ethnic cleansing,” adding that “silence or neutrality in the face of these violations represents complicity with the murderers.”
Activists reported that pro-RSF platforms broadcast footage of large numbers of civilians being arrested while trying to flee.