In excess of 60,000 Flee Sudan's City In the wake of Capture by Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary Group, UN States

Per the United Nations refugee organization, more than 60,000 civilians have fled the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces over the weekend.

Reports indicate summary killings and crimes against humanity as militia members stormed the city after an extended encirclement featuring starvation and sustained attacks.

The movement of those fleeing the fighting towards the town of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had increased in the last several days, per United Nations refugee agency representative.

Survivors were narrating terrible tales of violence, including rape, and the organization was having trouble to locate sufficient housing and nourishment for them.

All children was affected by malnutrition, she added.

Calculations indicate that over 150,000 residents are presently unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the military's remaining bastion in the western part of Darfur.

The RSF has denied extensive accusations that the killings in el-Fasher are ethnically motivated and follow a practice of the Arab fighters attacking non-Arab communities.

However the paramilitary group has detained one of its members, Abu Lulu, who has been accused of extrajudicial killings.

The organization released video showing the member's arrest after confirmation that he was involved in the execution of multiple civilians near el-Fasher.

Digital platform has acknowledged that it has removed the account associated with Lulu. It is not clear whether he had managed the profile in his name.

Sudan was thrown into a internal conflict in April 2023 when a brutal contest for control erupted between its army and the RSF.

The conflict has led to a starvation emergency and accusations of mass killing in the western Sudan.

Over 150,000 persons have been killed in the fighting around the country, and approximately 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the UN has described as the most extensive humanitarian crisis.

The seizure of el-Fasher reinforces the territorial division in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in command of western Sudan and much of neighbouring Kordofan to the southern area, and the military controlling the capital, Khartoum, the center and east along the coastal region.

The competing factions had been allies - coming to power together in a coup in 2021 - but fell out over an internationally backed plan to transition to civilian leadership.