The RSF, led by Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has turned its campaign in western Sudan into a systematic effort to wipe out non-Arab communities. Rights groups and U.N. officials say at least 2,000 civilians have been killed since the militia overran army defenses in late October 2025.

Drones and Door-to-Door Executions

Armed with Chinese Wing Loong II and FeiHong-95 attack drones—supplied by the United Arab Emirates, according to U.S. intelligence—the RSF bombed hospitals, shelters, and residential blocks before deploying fighters to execute men and boys “door to door.”

The World Health Organization confirmed 460 patients and staff were murdered inside El-Fasher’s main hospital.

“Rwanda-Style Killing”

Yale Humanitarian Research Lab director Nathaniel Raymond said the scale of violence was “only comparable to Rwanda-style killing,” adding that the RSF’s use of drones meant “no one can hide.”

Aid agencies estimate 500,000 people have fled El-Fasher in recent weeks, joining more than 150,000 killed nationwide since the civil war began in April 2023.

UAE Denies Arming Militia

The UAE denied supplying the RSF, saying it has provided “no form of support” to either warring side.

However, Western officials told the WSJ that shipments of howitzers, mortars, and machine guns have increased in recent months.

Ethnic Cleansing Allegations

Witnesses described rape, executions, and racial slurs during the RSF sweep.

Analysts warn the militia’s “fierce ethnic animus” toward Black Sudanese mirrors the 2003–2005 Darfur genocide, when over 200,000 people were killed.

The RSF now governs much of Darfur through a parallel administration roughly the size of Spain.

Regional Impact

Sudan’s de facto president, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, retains control of Khartoum and the Red Sea coast, but has accused Dagalo of “massacring civilians.”

The U.N. and WHO are calling for immediate access to El-Fasher, where survivors face famine, disease, and displacement across 40 miles of conflict zones.