News Center – The city of El Fasher in Darfur, Sudan, is witnessing a severe wave of crimes and violations, including killings, torture, and war crimes, following the Rapid Support Forces’ takeover of the city, amid UN warnings of a deteriorating humanitarian situation and ongoing violence.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated today, Friday, November 14, that the atrocities committed in El Fasher are among the most serious expected crimes, which could have been prevented, stressing that the international community has limited itself to formal gestures without taking concrete action to stop the violations.

The High Commissioner also warned of escalating violence in the Kordofan region, noting that civilians are being subjected to shelling, sieges, and forced displacement from their homes, and called for action against individuals and companies “fueling the war and benefiting from it” in Sudan.

The Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, about two weeks ago. Survivors who managed to flee to nearby towns, such as Tuliya, recounted incidents of killings, torture, and war crimes in the city.

In the same context, the International Organization for Migration estimated that thousands are missing in El Fasher, noting that around 50,000 people have been displaced from the Kordofan region over the past two months alone.

Sudan has been experiencing a conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces for over three years, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties, a worsening humanitarian crisis, massive internal and external displacement, famine, disease outbreaks, and near-total destruction of the country’s infrastructure