Sudan: Serious Humanitarian Situation in El-Fasher, Captured By RSF Militias

Khartoum — There is great concern for the approximately 260,000 civilians who have been trapped for 18 months in El-Fasher, a city that fell on October 26 into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) (see Fides, 27/10/2025).

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), has admitted the withdrawal of his men from the city. “We have agreed to withdraw the army from El-Fasher to a safer place,” he stated in a televised speech. Meanwhile, reports and testimonies of mass…