Stop the Massacre in El Fasher
Nach mehr als 500 Tagen der Belagerung hat die RSF (Janjaweed) die Hauptstadt von Nord Darfur, El Fasher, eingenommen. Ähnlich wie in Geneina zu Beginn des Kriegs führt die RSF ethnische Säuberungen mit massenhaften Erschießungen durch. Von einem drohenden Genozid ist die Rede. Im Hintergrund dieser „Erfolge“ stehen die Emirate mit Waffenlieferungen und kolumbianischen Söldnern. Angesichts des drohenden Genozids zeigt sich die Bundesregierung “erschüttert”, aber viele Waffen der RSF kommen aus Europa und mit den Emiraten möchte sich deutsche Politker|innen nicht anlegen. Lieber diskutiert man über Straßenbild und Eindämmung der Migration. Geflüchtete auch aus Kriegs- und Katastrophengebieten will man sich vom Leibe halten. Die RSF waren früher Grenzwächter in europäischem Auftrag. Über die Rolle der Emirate in diesem Krieg haben wir zuletzt im Februar 2025 ausführlich berichtet.
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https://migration-control.info/en/blog/talk-about-el-fasher
In diesem Video spricht geleleooo über den Genozid in El Fasher [Das Video enthält eine Erschießungsszene]. Er fordert dazu auf, endlich die Waffenlieferungen der UAE an die Mördermilizen zu sanktionieren.
Einen informativen Chat gibt es auf der Nitter-Seite von Munchkin. Dort wird auch über ein Massaker in Bara berichtet, einer kleinen Stadt nördlich von El Obeid, die ebenfalls von der RSF eingenommen wurde. In diesem Chat wurde zudem ein Sattelitenbild des Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale) gepostet, das zahlreiche Blutspuren und mutmaßliche Leichen in einem Stadtteil von El Fasher zeigt.
Dieser Bericht aus Yale nannte ausdrücklich die indigenen nicht-arabischen Gemeinschaften der Fur, Zaghawa und Berti als Ziel von „Zwangsvertreibung und summarischer Hinrichtung“. Diese Feststellungen wurden durch Beweise für Leichen in der Nähe des Stadtrands untermauert, die mit Berichten über Menschen übereinstimmen, die beim Versuch zu fliehen getötet wurden.
Der Bericht aus Yale findet sich hier als PDF.
Laut IOM sind am Sonntag und Montag 26 000 Menschen aus El Fasher geflohen. Sie versuchen, auf dem Umweg über zwei Dörfer nach Tawila zu gelangen, in eine 60 km süd-westlich gelegenen Stadt, die (noch) unter Kontrolle der SLA steht. Auf dem Weg werden sie von Söldnern der RSF verhöhnt, vergewaltigt und geschlagen, selektiert und zum Teil erschossen.
Ein vom Sudan War Monitor veröffentlichtes Video zeigt, wie Männer als Soldaten der RSF verhöhnt werden.
Ein weiteres Video zeigt eine lange Schlange männlicher Flüchtlinge; “the line has no end”. Die RSF postet deratige Videos auf ihrer Facebook-Seite.
Eine Kontaktperson in Tawila berichtete uns am Montag, dass nur wenige hundert Geflüchtete Tawila erreicht hätten. Es ist noch unklar, wie viele Menschen die Selektion auf den Zwischenstops nicht überlebt haben.
Dieses Video zeigt, auf welche Weise der Exodus aus El Fasher von der RSF Miliz begleitet wird. [Gewaltszenen: Die Söldner treiben die Geflüchteten mit Stöcken zur Eile an.] Die Zahl der Toten geht in die Tausende.
Am 27.10. wurden seitens der Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) El Fasher zahlreiche Tote gemeldet.
Einige Mitglieder der ERRs haben inzwischen einen sicheren Ort erreicht:
Hintergrundinformationen zu Darfur
Als Hintergrundwissen ist wichtig, dass ein großer Teil der Bevölkerung Darfurs seit mehr als 20 Jahren in Flüchtlingslagern lebt. Eines der größten Lager war Zamzam in der Nähe von Al Fasher mit 600 000 Bewohnern. Die RSF setzt eine Politik der Vertreibungen fort, die im Darfur-Krieg der Jahre 2003 – 2006 von der Janjaweed-Miliz und der sudanesischen Luftwaffe begonnen wurde.
Darfur war nie ein friedlicher Ort. Das Sultanat von Darfur, mit dem Zentrum in den Marra-Bergen, wurde in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts durch den Handel mit Elfenbein, Gold und Sklaven zu einem mächtigen Reich. Die Islamisierung war ein Schutz vor Versklavung. Der Sultan wies den benachbarten Ethnien, den Massalit, den Berti und den Zagawa, Landstriche tributpflichtig zu. Die arabischstämmigen Kamel- und Viehhirten blieben mobil und bekamen keine Landtitel.
Letztlich wurde Darfur erst 1916 in den anglo-ägyptischen Sudan eingegliedert. Die Kolonialverwaltung (re)aktivierte ethnische Herrschaftsstrukturen und legte damit den Grundstein für spätere Konflikte. Insbesondere blieben die arabisch-stämmigen Pastoralisten von der politischen Teilhabe ausgeschlossen. Die Marginalisierung Darfurs, wie auch des Südens im Sudan, blieb auch nach der Unabhängigkeit des Sudan, 1956, bestehen. Die Region litt unter schwacher Infrastruktur, Dürreperioden und zunehmenden ethnischen Spannungen zwischen sesshaften Bauern (meist afrikanischer Herkunft) und nomadischen arabischen Gruppen, die um Wasser und Weideland konkurrierten. Es gab inter-ethnische Heiraten und kulturelle Vermischungen, aber immer wieder behielten die Ausgrenzungen die Oberhand.
Im Jahr 2003 erhoben sich zwei Rebellengruppen (SLA und JEM) gegen das Bashir-Regime. Sie warfen diesem vor, Darfur systematisch zu benachteiligen. Das Regime reagierte mit brutaler Gewalt und schickte „arabische“ Reitermilizen aus, die sogenannten Janjaweed, die mordbrennend gegen die „schwarzen“ dörflichen Bevölkerungen zu Felde zog, unterstützt von den Flugzeugen der sudanesischen Luftwaffe. Hunderttausende Menschen starben, Millionen wurden vertrieben.
Es ist wichtig, die Ökonomie dieser Vertreibungen zu verstehen: Hemedti und die Emire sind Geschäftsmänner. Ihr Geschäft ist Krieg, Extraktion und Agro-Business. Der aktuelle Krieg ist eine Fortsetzung des Darfur-Kriegs, diesmal jedoch mit einer expliziten Kapitalisierungsperspektive. Die Emirate und ihr Milizführer haben ein Projekt: Landgewinnung durch Vertreibung. Die Massalit müssen von ihren Feldern vertrieben werden, die Fur aus ihren Mangoplantagen, die Zaghawa aus ihrer extensiven Landnutzung. Dieses Projekt wäre vielleicht in einem vom Sudan getrennten Milizenstaat leichter zu realisieren.
Derzeit lebt etwa die Hälfte der Bevölkerung Darfurs in Städten oder in den Flüchtlingslagern; im Dezember 2024 wurden 5,4 Millionen Binnenvertriebene gezählt, hinzu kommen mehr als 1 Millionen Menschen, die aus Darfur in den Tschad geflohen sind. In Süd-Darfur hat sich rund um die Flüchtlingslager eine intensive Landwirtschaft entwickelt. Hemedti sagte einmal, dies sei für die Vertriebenen eine Chance, zum Sozialprodukt beizutragen. Er „weiß“, dass Vertreibung eine Voraussetzung der Modernisierung ist. Wo früher Dörfer waren, sind große Viehzuchtbetriebe entstanden. Die Exporte von Schafen und Ziegen, vor allem nach Saudi Arabien, sind in die Höhe geschnelltt; Hemedti ist der Größte im Goldgeschäft, all seine Exporte gehen in die Emirate. Im Gegenzug kommen Waffen, Ausrüstung, Söldner.
Diese Art der Bewirtschaftung verschlechtert jedoch die Bodenverhältnisse weiter und ist nicht nachhaltig. In wenigen Jahren wird der Bedarf an humanitärer Hilfe noch stärker ansteigen. Die Emirate sind vorbereitet: sie verfügen über das größte humanitäre Drehkreuz und werden auch daran verdienen.
Artikel von Jérôme Tubiana Online
Jérôme Tubiana (April 2022, US Institute of Peace): Darfur after Bashir: Implications for Sudan’s Transition and for the Region: This report examines the role of Darfur in Sudan’s domestic politics and international relations since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. It traces how Darfur’s importance has shifted with the growing aspirations and power of Mohamed Hamdan Daglo – more commonly known as Hemetti – and the Rapid Support Forces that he governs.
Jérôme Tubiana (Juni 2023, AJE): Darfur: Between two wars: Twenty years of conflict in Sudan, from Darfur to Khartoum and back: In 2003, the Darfur war began. In 2023, a new conflict has engulfed the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, while violence escalates in the restive western region.
Jérôme Tubiana (Februar 2025, NYBooks): Darfur: A War Within a War: As a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces rages across Sudan, Arab and non-Arab communities are once again fighting in Darfur.
Jérôme Tubiana (Oktober 2025, LRE): Siege of El Fasher: The new road between El Fasher and the town of Tawila is barely any safer. It’s known as tariq al-mawt – the road of death. When I first took it, in October last year, it was being patrolled by the Sudan Liberation Army, one of the few rebel factions that remained neutral in the stand-off between the RSF and the army. Its forces had come down from their strongholds in the Marra mountains to enable the safe passage of civilians every Friday.
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30.04.25 Radio Dabanga:‘The body as a battlefield’: Sexual violence in Sudan is a ‘deliberate genocidal tactic’:
The systematic use of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, is not an unavoidable byproduct of conflict but “a deliberate genocidal tactic” aimed at destroying communities, experts argued during an online panel discussion hosted last month by the Darfur Women’s Action Group (DWAG).
02.05.25 OCHA: Sudan: Displacement from Zamzam camp, North Darfur State – Flash Update No. 3:
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported on 28 April that about 406,300 people have been displaced from Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp since 13 April 2025. As of 27 April 2025, people displaced from Zamzam were recorded across 19 localities in four states in the Darfur region. The overwhelming majority of them are in Tawila (303,300 people), Al Fasher (83,900), Dar es Salam, Kutum, Melit and Kebkabiya (9,055 people) localities in North Darfur State.
Also see AJE 05.05.25: How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan: For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same. “Zamzam was a military zone … so the RSF decided that we should evacuate civilians,” RSF adviser Ali Musabel told Al Jazeera, without providing evidence for his claim. “We didn’t want civilians to get caught in the crossfire.”;
Dabanga 25.05.25: RSF fighters turn Darfur camp into barracks, displacing thousands: The paramilitary RSF attacked Zamzam camp on April 10, seizing control after three days of clashes with a joint force and armed civilian groups. The takeover sparked a campaign of terror that led to hundreds of civilian deaths and the displacement of 406,000 people, according to the United Nations.
The RSF has turned Zamzam camp into a military barracks teeming with soldiers and military vehicles, including Emirati armoured vehicles,” sources and witnesses told Sudan Tribune, a local news outlet. They said RSF forces positioned two howitzer cannons, which they used to shell El Fasher, located 12 km (7.5 miles) from the camp.
The United Nations reports that 180,000 displaced people remain trapped in Zamzam camp. Many of those who fled the initial assault sought refuge in Tawila, while others dispersed across El Fasher, parts of Central Darfur, and Tina in Chad.
22.07.25 TNH: In Darfur’s displace: ment epicentre, community kitchens shoulder the load:
“We provided food and water because it is our custom.” Volunteers say their efforts in Tawila – part of a nationwide mutual aid movement that has mobilised since the war between the RSF and the SAF erupted in 2023 – have saved lives as people face some of the harshest conditions in the country.
Also see TNH 02.06.25: As RSF attacks escalate, a Darfur town struggles to shelter the displaced: This is the first of two reports on the humanitarian emergency in Tawila – an epicentre of displacement in Darfur – and the efforts of local volunteers and community groups responding on the ground.
27.07.25 SWM: Hemedti named president of RSF-led presidential council:
The Sudan Founding Alliance, a coalition of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) allies, former rebel groups, and pro-RSF political figures – commonly referred to as Taasis – announced on Saturday the formation of a parallel government intended to rival the military-led administration in Port Sudan. Hemedti assumes the presidency, while SPLM-N leader Abdelaziz Adam al-Hilu is named the vice president. The inclusion of Al-Hilu, who retains significant control over the Nuba Mountains, signals an attempt to forge a broader anti-SAF military and political coalition. Leaders of neutral Darfur rebel movements Al-Hadi Idris and Al-Tahir Hajar, both ousted from the Port Sudan-based transitional council last year for refusing to align with the SAF, also joined the council.
16.08.25 SWM: Why Colombian Mercenaries Are Fighting in Sudan: [Long Read]
The arrival of Colombian private military contractors in early 2025 marked another escalation. While some have been used as trainers and convoy security, others have joined RSF combat units in Darfur and Kordofan, bolstering RSF assaults on contested cities such as An-Nahud in West Kordofan and El Fasher in North Darfur.
18.08.25 RLS: Germany’s Hand in Sudan’s War: [Opinion]
Countless photographs show both the former Darfur fighters and current RSF mercenaries armed with the Bundeswehr’s former standard-issue weapon.
23.08.25 Spiegel: »Die Menschen essen Blätter und Wurzeln. Und Tierfutter«:
Auch in Faschir waren die Menschen stark auf Gemeinschaftsküchen angewiesen, aber viele davon mussten schließen, weil ihnen Lebensmittel und Geld fehlten oder weil die Betreiber Angst bekamen und flohen. Leider sind viele dieser Solidaritätsinitiativen insbesondere in Nord-Darfur nun völlig überfordert.
Also see SWM 19.09.25: Worshippers massacred in RSF drone strike on Mosque in El Fasher; Guardian 19.09.25: Scores killed by RSF drone strike on mosque in besieged Sudanese city; NYT 15.09.25: Starving Children Eat Animal Feed in Besieged Sudanese City: At least 260,000 civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being starved or bombed if they stay, and raped or killed if they flee; AJE 04.09.25: In besieged Sudan city, civilians face death if they try to escape; AJE 22.08.25: RSF attacks kill 89 people in 10 days in Sudan’s Darfur, UN says; AJE 06.08.25: Why are people starving in Sudan’s el-Fasher?
09.09.25 Arab News: Survivors tell of terrifying escape from Sudanese city:
Amid the intensifying siege of El-Fasher, Sudan’s last army-held city in Darfur, thousands are fleeing a 70-km treacherous trail to Tawila, littered with the bodies of those who perished from hunger, thirst, and violence.
The Rapid Support Forces have encircled the city since May 2024, launching their deadliest assault yet and trapping 260,000 civilians inside.
29.09.25 Radio Dabanga:Dozens dead from hunger and disease as devastation decimates North Darfur:
The emergency room of the Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher, has reported the deaths of at least 73 children under five and 22 elderly people in just 40 days, as hunger and disease ravage displaced communities.
In a statement by the Abu Shouk Emergency Room yesterday, they confirmed that the victims were displaced residents who had fled from El Fasher’s northern neighbourhoods to shelters and residential areas inside Abu Shouk.
The group described the humanitarian and security situation as “worrying”, pointing to acute shortages of water, food, and health services. It warned that community kitchens that had been sustaining thousands, have stopped working due to lack of funding.
13.10.25 Sudan War Monitor: Dozens killed in RSF and army strikes in North Darfur:
At least 80 people were killed over the weekend in North Darfur State as drone attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) struck civilian-populated areas. In a statement Saturday, the El Fasher Resistance Committee accused the RSF of executing a coordinated series of strikes on Dar Al-Arqam from Friday into Sunday morning. The committee said the attacks deliberately targeted shelters housing displaced families – mainly women, children and the elderly – killing and injuring scores;
26. – 28.10.25:
26.10.25 Sudan War Monitor: RSF captures army base in North Darfur capital: Übersichtsartikel mit erschreckenden Videos
26.10.25 NYT: Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur:
Thousands of civilians were streaming out of the city, several aid workers said. Video footage circulating online showed a long column of people trudging through a dusty field as R.S.F. soldiers drove past. In several parts of Darfur, R.S.F. fighters fired their guns in celebration. “A great victory has been achieved,” the group’s statement said. But among other Sudanese, those scenes stoked fears of violent retribution and even ethnic cleansing in El Fasher.
27.10.25 UN-OHCHR: Sudan: Appalling reports of summary executions and other serious violations, as RSF makes major territorial gains in El Fasher and North Kordofan:
The UN Human Rights Office is receiving multiple, alarming reports that the Rapid Support Forces are carrying out atrocities, including summary executions, after seizing control of large parts of the besieged city of El Fasher, North Darfur and of Bara city in North Kordofan state in recent days.
“In El Fasher, initial reports indicate an extremely precarious situation since the RSF yesterday announced its takeover of the army’s 6th Infantry Division,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
“The risk of further large-scale, ethnically motivated violations and atrocities in El Fasher is mounting by the day. Urgent and concrete action needs to be taken urgently to ensure the protection of civilians in El Fasher and safe passage for those trying to reach relative safety.”
27.10.25 Yale Shool of Puclic Health: HUMAN SECURITY EMERGENCY: El-Fasher Falls to RSF: Evidence of Mass Killing:
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) finds evidence consistent with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) conducting alleged mass killings after capturing El-Fasher, North Darfur, according to satellite imagery analysis collected today, 27 October 2025. Yale HRL corroborates the fall of El-Fasher to RSF through the fusion of open source and remote sensing data.
27.10.25 Guardian: Darfur: Grave fears for civilians after Sudanese paramilitary claims capture of El Fasher:
Fears are growing for hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in El Fasher, Sudan, after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had captured the city, which it has been besieging for more than a year in the country’s civil war. n August, the UN said more than 600,000 people had been displaced from the city, while 260,000 still trapped there were cut off from aid.
Videos showed RSF fighters celebrating in front of the El Fasher garrison, which had been abandoned by the army. Others circulating online, which could not be independently verified, appeared to show the RSF berating a group of men seated on the ground, accusing them of being soldiers, and RSF vehicles chasing people fleeing.
28.10.25 Guardian: UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told:
Two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: Yale report points to ethnic cleansing, war crimes in Sudan’s El-Fasher:
The report, released Monday by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), used satellite imagery and open-source data to analyze the aftermath of the North Darfur capital’s fall to the paramilitary group. It said the RSF’s actions could potentially rise to the level of genocide.
Researchers identified evidence consistent with targeted killings, including house-to-house clearance operations in a residential neighbourhood where civilians were sheltering. The analysis pointed to “objects consistent with the size of human bodies on the ground near RSF vehicles” and multiple instances of “reddish earth discoloration.”
The report explicitly named the Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti indigenous non-Arab communities as targets of “forced displacement and summary execution.” These findings were supported by evidence of bodies near the city’s outer perimeter, consistent with reports of people being killed as they attempted to flee.
“El-Fasher appears to be in a systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing,” the report stated, calling for immediate international pressure on the RSF and its backers, specifically naming the United Arab Emirates, “to end the killing now.”
28.10.25 Radio Dabanga: North Darfur capital falls to RSF as UN warns of ‘atrocities and mass displacement’:
The RSF declared full control of the city, saying its fighters were conducting “combing operations” to clear remaining resistance. The group said it had deployed units to secure public facilities and pledged to open safe corridors for civilians wishing to leave.
RSF Deputy Commander and brother of the group’s leader Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, Abdelrahim Dagalo, urged his forces not to harm civilians or damage property but warned that any “Shafshaf”, a term used for local resistance groups, approaching the city would be met with weapons.
Internet and satellite communications remain cut, leaving thousands trapped with little access to food, medicine, or safe water.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that more than 26,000 people fled El Fasher on Sunday and Monday, following the RSF takeover. Local resistance committees said fighting continues in the city’s west, where residents have endured days without food or medical care.
28.10.25 Darfur24: IOM: Over 26,000 People Flee El Fasher After RSF Take Control:
In a statement obtained by Darfur24, the IOM said that approximately 26,030 people were displaced between October 26 and 27, noting that the figure includes around 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) previously reported on October 26.
According to the statement, most of the displaced fled to rural areas within El Fasher locality, while others reached Tawila locality in North Darfur. Additional movements are expected towards the Mellit locality in the coming days.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: Darfur governor blames foreign intelligence for El Fasher’s fall:
In a televised address following the city’s fall to the RSF on Saturday, Minawi said the capture was the result of a concerted effort by “aggressor states” that provided material, logistical and intelligence support to the paramilitary force.
“El Fasher would not have fallen without… the use of intelligence agencies in the region to cut off all modern satellite communications,” Minawi stated, adding that this action successfully severed contact between his forces on the ground and their command rooms.
28.10.25 Sudan Monitor: Sudanese Red Crescent says five volunteers killed in North Kordofan:
The volunteers were attacked while distributing food in the city of Bara, the SRCS said in a statement. The incident followed the circulation of a video on pro-RSF platforms allegedly showing one of the force’s officers assaulting Red Crescent workers and accusing them of supporting the Sudanese army.
28.10.25 Sudan Tribune: RSF demands over $250,000 ransom for abducted doctors in El Fasher:
In a statement, the Sudan Doctors’ Network said members of the paramilitary group arrested four doctors, a pharmacist, and a nurse who were providing medical services to the wounded and sick during the siege the RSF imposed on the city.
The statement noted that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of approximately 100 million Sudanese pounds for each doctor, equivalent to about $42,000 at the official exchange rate.
28.10.25 NYT: A Dramatic Shift in Sudan’s Brutal Civil War:
By many accounts, a wave of panic and desperation seized El Fasher in the final days of the siege. The R.S.F. had warned that it considered its remaining quarter-million residents to be enemy supporters. Many feared they could be targeted in ethnic violence.
28.10.25 DW: Sudan: UN warnen vor Massensterben in El Fascher:
Die Miliz Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hat erklärt, die völlige Kontrolle über die Stadt El Fascher im Osten des Landes übernommen zu haben. Experten und Diplomaten warnen vor massiver Gewalt gegen Zivilisten. Rund 260.000 Zivilisten sitzen in El Fascher im Osten des Sudan fest, die Hälfte von ihnen sind Kinder. Seit Monaten wird die Stadt von der Miliz Rapid Support Forces (RSF) belagert und von allen Kontakten zur Außenwelt abgeschnitten.
28.10.25 taz: Berichte über Gräueltaten und Festnahmen in eroberter Stadt:
Die Miliz, die seit April 2023 gegen das Militär des Landes kämpft, hatte El Fasher, die Hauptstadt der Region Nord-Darfur, seit langem belagert und immer wieder beschossen. In der letzten Hochburg des Militärs in der Region lebten zuletzt 260.000 Menschen unter katastrophalen humanitären Bedingungen. Die Hälfte von ihnen seien Kinder, teilte das UN-Kinderhilfswerk Unicef mit.
28.10.25 taz: Völkermord im Live-Modus:
In Sudan eskaliert der Völkermord durch die RSF. Aber die internationale Gemeinschaft, gefangen in heilloser Doppelmoral, tut bis auf Reden nichts.
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28.10.25 Die Zeit: Nun droht ein Völkermord mit Ansage:
Im Sudan ist Al-Faschir an die RSF-Miliz gefallen, ihre Kämpfer massakrieren Zivilisten. Doch die Welt schaut zu, ohne zu handeln. Ein Genozid scheint unausweichlich.
28.10.25 taz: Miliz im Blutrausch: [Ausführlicher Bericht von Dominic Johnson]
2.000 Menschen hat die RSF in El Fasher getötet, seit sie am Sonntag in die Stadt einfiel, die sie bereits seit anderthalb Jahren umstellt und belagert hatte. Das erklärten am Dienstag die mit der Regierung verbündeten bewaffneten lokalen Widerstandskämpfer, die sogenannten Joint Forces. Sie stammen aus früheren Darfur-Rebellengruppen.
Seit Montag kursieren von Experten als authentisch eingestufte Videos und Fotos aus El Fasher, offensichtlich von der RSF selbst als Siegesbeweis aufgenommen: Gruppen von gefangenen Männern sitzen im Sand vor bewaffneten Milizionären, sie flehen um ihr Leben, werden erschossen; grinsende Milizionäre spreizen die Finger zu einem V, dem Siegeszeichen.
Ein Zielort für Fliehende aus El Fasher ist Tawila, knapp 60 Kilometer südwestlich, wo es eine Präsenz internationaler Hilfswerke gibt. Mit 575.000 Menschen war Tawila bereits im September zum faktisch größten Ort der Region geworden, inzwischen schätzen Helfer die Einwohnerzahl auf 800.000.
28.10.25 Der Spiegel: Auswärtiges Amt erschüttert über Berichte zu Gräueltaten der »reitenden Teufel«:
Die RSF-Miliz hat die sudanesische Stadt Faschir eingenommen. Was nach außen dringt, lässt schwerste Übergriffe auf Zivilisten befürchten. Auch in Berlin ist man alarmiert. Das Auswärtige Amt in Berlin hat »erschüttert« über Berichte vom Vorgehen der Eroberer gezeigt. »Kämpfer der RSF sind tief in die Stadt vorgedrungen und töten wahllos Zivilisten«, erklärte das Auswärtige Amt am Montagabend im Onlinedienst X. »Das muss sofort aufhören.«
Presse Update 30.10.25
30.10.25 Sudan War Monitor: Thousands killed and others escape in chaotic rout of El Fasher defenders:
The massacres followed the abrupt abandonment of the city by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which had defended El Fasher in cooperation with local militias and the allied Joint Force. SAF defenders, running low on ammunition and supplies after months of relentless attacks, attempted to flee.
Elements of the exhausted garrison, as well as top state officials, successfully escaped in convoys of combat vehicles. Reports differ as to whether they struck a deal to secure their safe passage, fought their way to safety, or snuck out at night. Those who were left behind were killed in neighborhoods of El Fasher or on the outskirts of the city while trying to flee on foot.
El Fashir had a pre-war population of approximately 1.1 million, 62% of whom had already fled prior to the RSF takeover, according to UN estimates.
An additional 36,000 individuals fled El Fasher between 26 and 29 October 2025, the International Organization for Migration reported. They traveled on foot toward Tawila, Melit, Kebkabiya, and other destinations. Many of them arrived wounded, hungry, and dehydrated—bringing stories of terror, violence, and missing loved ones.
Doctors Without Borders, which has a medical team in Tawila, 60 km from El Fasher, reported “a massive influx of people escaping the city. On October 27 alone, MSF treated over 250 patients at the health post at the town’s entrance, including many malnourished children, pregnant women in critical condition, and dozens injured by gunfire or violence.”
Evidence of the atrocities in El Fasher comes from three main sources: (1) Emerging survivor accounts; (2) Satellite images of massacre sites; (2) Videos filmed by the perpetrators and disseminated on social media or in private chat groups. These gruesome videos, which show hundreds of bodies, likely represent only a fraction of the total incidents that occurred.
Based on the available evidence, which is still emerging and being analyzed, Sudan War Monitor preliminarily estimates that the death toll is in the thousands (3,000 or more). This total includes both combatant casualties, who were killed during the final battle for the city or while trying to escape, and non-combatant casualties, including civilians and soldiers who had put down their weapons and taken off their uniforms.
30.10.25 Guardian: ‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher: [Report with witness interviews]
More than 1,000 people – including women and children – walked for two days to reach the town of Tawila in North Darfur after fleeing El Fasher, which was captured after an 18-month siege.
Tawila, about 34 miles (55km) west of El Fasher, is under the control of the Sudan Liberation Army faction led by Abdul Wahid Mohamed al-Nur (SLA-AW).
On Tuesday, the Joint Forces – who are allied with Sudan’s army – accused the RSF of killing more than 2,000 civilians since the fall of the city. The UN said there were videos showing “dozens of unarmed men being shot or lying dead, surrounded by RSF fighters”.
According to witnesses, thousands more civilians remain trapped by the RSF and allied militias in Garney, south-west of El Fasher. Many are former soldiers from the Sudanese army, the Joint Forces and other armed groups that had been fighting alongside the army. They are reportedly being held because they cannot afford ransom demands of between 5m and 10m Sudanese pounds (£6,000 to £12,000), according to survivors who made it to Tawila. Those unable to pay have been detained for days, and in some cases released only after becoming gravely ill.
The SLA-AW has reportedly allowed government troops fleeing El Fasher to enter Tawila on condition they surrender their weapons.
The SLA-AW has deployed additional fighters around Tawila “to protect those fleeing El Fasher and to prevent clashes if the RSF pursues armed groups who have retreated with their weapons”, a local commander said. It is understood that elements of the Sudanese army and allied groups continue to resist in the Jebel Wana area, north-west of El Fasher, after losing control of the city.
30.10.25 Der Spiegel: Offenbar mehr als 460 Menschen in sudanesischem Krankenhaus von Milizionären getötet:
Nach der Erstürmung einer Klinik in Darfur berichtet die WHO von mindestens 460 Toten. Zuvor hatte die RSF-Miliz den Ort erobert. Experten sprechen inzwischen von einem live zu verfolgenden »Massaker« an der Zivilbevölkerung.
Schätzungen zufolge lebten ursprünglich rund 300.000 Menschen in Faschir, 33.000 sollen laut Uno allein seit Sonntag geflohen sein. Nach Angaben des Uno-Flüchtlingshilfswerks UNHCR berichten Flüchtende von willkürlicher Gewalt, Morden und Hinrichtungen. Das Humanitarian Research Lab (HLR) der US-Gesundheitsfakultät Yale sprach am Dienstagabend von einem seit 48 Stunden andauernden »Massaker«.
Die Emirate weisen eine Einmischung in den Konflikt zurück. Das »Wall Street Journal« berichtete allerdings unter Berufung auf US-Geheimdienste, die VAE hätten in diesem Jahr zunehmend Waffen an die RSF geliefert, darunter moderne chinesische Drohnen, aber auch Maschinengewehre, Fahrzeuge, Artillerie, Mörser und Munition.
Also see taz 29.10.25 taz: Massaker in Sudan: Hunderte Tote in einem Krankenhaus gemeldet: Das „Saudi Hospital“ in der Stadt war Berichten zufolge zuletzt das einzige noch funktionierende Krankenhaus in El Fasher. Am Montag besetzten RSF-Kämpfer das Gelände. „Alle Verwundeten und Verletzten im Saudi-Krankenhaus wurden kollektiv filtriert“, also nach ihrer ethnischen Zugehörigkeit geprüft, heißt es in einer Erklärung der „Koordination der Widerstandskomitees“ von El Fasher, „die Verwundeten hatten keine Überlebenschance.“ In sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Videoaufnahmen von RSF-Kämpfern, die im Krankenhaus durch Flure und Treppenhäuser gehen und auf am Boden herumliegende Menschen schießen; NYT 29.10.25: Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns; Guardian 29.10.25: Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
29.10.25 AJE: Massacre in el-Fasher: What’s happening in Sudan right now?:
Several rounds of peace talks led by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the African Union have failed to have any major impact. More recently, the US joined Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE – together known as the “Quad” – to chart a plan they announced on September 12, calling for an end to the fighting.
Their timeline proposed a humanitarian truce for three months to allow aid in, eventually leading to a permanent ceasefire. It also called for a transition to civilian control within nine months. Al-Burhan initially rejected this deal, demanding that the RSF be disbanded. But after meeting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on October 15, he appeared open to it.
Last week, representatives of SAF and RSF reportedly held indirect negotiations in Washington, DC, with further talks scheduled at the end of October. However, that was before the RSF took el-Fasher. Matters are now unclear.
Also see AJE 29.10.25: ‘A true genocide’: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher:
Regional countries express alarm as more evidence emerges of mass killings by paramilitary forces in el-Fasher. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye and Jordan have condemned the abuses committed by the RSF in Sudan.
Saudi Arabia expressed “deep concern” over grave human rights violations and urged the RSF to protect civilians. Egypt called for an immediate humanitarian truce and pledged continued support to help Sudan overcome the crisis. Turkiye demanded an end to hostilities in el-Fasher and safe passage for humanitarian aid, while condemning “atrocities against civilians” and urging dialogue for a peaceful solution. Qatar also denounced the “horrific violations” and called for negotiations to end the conflict.
Egypt, Turkiye and Qatar reaffirmed their support for Sudan’s unity and sovereignty. Jordan likewise condemned the violence and called for restraint and an urgent ceasefire to protect civilians.
Ahmed Ibrahim, a former staffer of the transitional government under Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, said the RSF was meant to be integrated into the national army, but due to “geopolitical” reasons and “internal politics”, this did not happen. According to Ibrahim, the war has been taking place as Sudan’s “rare earth minerals and long [Red] sea line” were being utilised to export livestock and other resources to East African countries as an attempt to “strip Sudan of its national resources”. “This is not just a power struggle between two generals,” Ibrahim said. “This is part of a geopolitical attempt to restructure the region.”
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