🔗 Share this article More than 60,000 Run from Sudan's City In the wake of Takeover by RSF Paramilitary Group, UN Says Many are trying to reach the town of Tawila but face harassment, extortion and abuse from armed men during their journey As stated by the UNHCR, more than 60,000 civilians have left the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was taken over by the paramilitary RSF during the weekend. There have been summary killings and human rights violations as paramilitary forces entered the city after an year-and-a-half siege marked by starvation and sustained attacks. The exodus of those fleeing the fighting towards the community of Tawila, roughly 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had grown in the past few days, according to UNHCR spokesperson. They were describing horrendous accounts of violence, featuring rape, and the organization was having trouble to locate enough accommodation and supplies for them. Each child was suffering from nutritional deficiencies, she noted. It is estimated that over 150,000 residents are still stranded in el-Fasher, which had been the military's remaining fortress in the western region of Darfur. The RSF has disputed broad allegations that the killings in el-Fasher are based on ethnic factors and mirror a practice of the Arab paramilitaries attacking non-Arab populations. However the RSF has custodied one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with on-the-spot executions. The organization distributed video revealing the militiaman's detention after identification that he was involved in the killing of numerous civilians close to el-Fasher. Digital platform has acknowledged that it has banned the profile connected to Lulu. It is not clear whether he had managed the account in his identity. Sudan was thrown into a domestic fighting in April 2023 when a brutal struggle for power broke out between its military and the Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has led to a famine and allegations of mass killing in the Darfur area. More than 150,000 persons have been killed in the fighting throughout the country, and about 12 million have fled their dwellings in what the UN has described as the most extensive humanitarian crisis. The capture of el-Fasher reinforces the regional separation in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in dominance of the western region and much of neighbouring Kordofan to the southern area, and the army holding the main city, Khartoum, central and eastern areas along the Red Sea. The opposing sides had been allies - coming to power together in a coup in 2021 - but split over an globally supported proposal to transition to democratic governance.