"RSF Killed 6,000 in First 3 days in El Fasher"

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded that Rapid Support Forces committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity after capturing El Fasher in October 2025.

Investigators interviewed more than 140 victims and witnesses in northern Sudan and eastern Chad. They documented over 6,000 killings in the first 3 days after the siege ended following 18 months of encirclement, bombardment and starvation.

UN High Commissioner Volker Türk said “The events that unfolded in El Fasher in Sudan last October were a preventable human rights catastrophe.”

Thousands were killed in El Fasher last October. There must be accountability for the mass killings, sexual violence & other atrocities.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

"Wave Of Intense Violence"

Briefing the United Nations Human Rights Council, Türk stated “the RSF unleashed a wave of intense violence in which thousands of people were killed in a matter of days.”

Witnesses described summary executions, rape, torture, disappearances and abductions for ransom. Some victims were targeted based on non Arab ethnicity, particularly Zaghawa communities.

Former detainees said more than 2,000 men were held at El Fasher Children’s Hospital and buried nearby if they died. Thousands were transferred to Tagris prison in Nyala under severe conditions.

The UN also recorded recruitment of children and systematic sexual violence against women and girls during searches and flight from the city.

Siege Warfare And Infrastructure Targeting

The conflict has continued beyond the city. In the two weeks leading to February 6, UN documentation counted about 90 civilians killed and 142 injured in drone strikes by both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Kordofan region.

RSF Strikes hit markets, mosques, residential areas and a World Food Programme convoy, other reports confirm.

The High Commissioner warned repeated attacks damaged the Merowe dam and hydroelectric station, previously supplying 70 percent of Sudan’s electricity. He urged states to respect the Darfur arms embargo and halt weapons transfers to parties in the war.

The Mercenary Network

UAE- linked RSF maintains combat capacity through a layered mercenary system involving foreign specialists and regional fighters, with cross border recruitment and flexible logistics sustaining operations. The International Criminal Court previously assessed that both war crimes and crimes against humanity occurred during the siege’s culmination.

UN Human Rights Chief Türk told states “Our collective job is to hold those responsible accountable,” and urged pressure on actors “fuelling this senseless war.”

A broader update to the council is scheduled for February 26.