More than 60,000 Escape Sudan's City After Capture by Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary Group, United Nations Reports

According to the United Nations refugee organization, more than 60,000 people have fled the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was seized by the militia RSF over the weekend.

Reports indicate summary killings and human rights violations as militia members took control of the city after an 18-month encirclement marked by famine and heavy bombardment.

The movement of those running from the conflict towards the community of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had increased in the past few days, as stated by UNHCR representative.

Survivors were describing terrible accounts of atrocities, featuring rape, and the organization was having trouble to locate enough accommodation and nourishment for them.

Every child was suffering from undernourishment, she noted.

Estimates suggest that in excess of 150,000 individuals are currently unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the military's final stronghold in the western region of Darfur.

The RSF has denied extensive accusations that the deaths in el-Fasher are based on ethnic factors and follow a trend of the Arab militia groups focusing on ethnic minorities.

Yet the RSF has detained one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with summary executions.

The force distributed footage depicting the member's apprehension after confirmation that he was involved in the death of multiple unarmed men near el-Fasher.

Social media platform has confirmed that it has suspended the account connected to Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had operated the account in his identity.

Sudan was thrown into a internal conflict in April 2023 after a brutal contest for control broke out between its military and the Rapid Support Forces.

The conflict has resulted in a famine and accusations of genocide in the Darfur area.

More than 150,000 people have died in the fighting throughout the country, and roughly 12 million have abandoned their dwellings in what the UN has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The takeover of el-Fasher strengthens the territorial division in the country, with the RSF now in command of the western region and much of adjacent Kordofan to the southern area, and the military controlling the main city, Khartoum, the center and east along the Red Sea.

The competing factions had been collaborators - gaining control together in a coup in 2021 - but fell out over an foreign-endorsed proposal to move towards civilian rule.