Also known as: el-Fasher city
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The Namibian
… The journalist and academic had made it to Port Sudan after being trapped in the western city of el-Fasher, largely cut off from the world by a communications blackout and unable to convey fully the horrors he was witnessing. …
Three years of messages at once – a chronicle of Sudan's war pours in as trapped reporter's phone turns onNew Era
… Other survivors were in El-Fasher — the army’s last stronghold in the sprawling western region that fell in October 2025 and where a UN fact-finding mission reported “acts of genocide.” Many women described being assaulted away from the frontlines while going about their daily ac …
RSF using sexual violence in Darfur as ‘war weapon’: MSFThe Namibian
… Many of the cases in the report took place in the conflict hotspot of North Darfur last year, following the RSF takeovers of the displaced persons camps of Zamzam and Abu Shouk, and of the city of el-Fasher in October, which MSF calls “one of the most shocking iterations, unfoldi …
Sexual violence part of ‘everyday life' in parts of Sudan, charity saysThe Namibian
… On a later trip, I went to a tent camp in army-controlled territory to speak with people who’d managed to escape the fall of el-Fasher in October and heard stories of mass killings and sexual violence. …
The devastating conflict where both sides have reasons to keep fightingThe Namibian
… The south-central region became the main battlefield after the RSF consolidated its hold of Darfur by capturing the city of el-Fasher in October. …
Drones hammer Sudan's gold and oil zone – the pivotal new front lineThe Namibian
“The morning the RSF came there were bullets, many bullets, and explosives going off,” he says. “People were out of control [with fear], they ran out of their houses, and everyone ran in different directions, the father, the son, the daughter – running.” The fall of el-Fasher aft …
‘I saw them driving over injured people' – the terrifying escape from war in SudanThe Namibian
… FIGHTING AND MILITARY CONTROL The RSF has been killing civilians and solidifying its control over the West Darfur state after taking over el-Fasher, the last remaining army stronghold in the region, in late October. …
War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting and control developmentsThe Namibian
… The thousands who fled the RSF-led mass killings in and around el-Fasher in western Sudan’s Darfur to arrive in Chad over the past few weeks only add to the more than one million people who have entered the country since the start of the Sudanese war. …
Waves of Sudanese families flee expanding war, arrive in impoverished ChadThe Namibian
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for international action to cut off the supply of weapons to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are accused of mass killings in el-Fasher. …
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitariesThe Namibian
Sudan’s military chief has confirmed the army’s withdrawal from its last western stronghold of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city. …
Sudan's army loses key city of el-Fasher to paramilitary RSF after 18-month siegeMohamed Suleiman, a journalist trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher for three years by a communications blackout during the civil war, finally reached Port Sudan in January and reconnected with the world. His account documents systematic killings, famine conditions, and the inability of the international community to stop the fighting or provide adequate humanitarian aid.
15 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Mohamed Suleiman, a journalist trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher for three years by a communications blackout during the civil war, finally reached Port Sudan in January and reconnected with the world. His account documents systematic killings, famine conditions, and the inability of the international community to stop the fighting or provide adequate humanitarian aid.
15 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Doctors Without Borders reports that Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are systematically using sexual violence against civilians in Darfur as a means of control and war weapon. Between January 2024 and November 2025, MSF facilities treated at least 3,396 survivors of sexual violence, 97% of them women and girls, though the organisation warns this figure represents only a fraction of the true scale of atrocities.
1 April 2026 · New Era →
A new Médecins Sans Frontières report based on 3,396 victims treated across Darfur documents rape and sexual assault as a persistent and defining feature of Sudan's civil war, with non-Arab communities systematically targeted and attacks continuing even in areas away from active conflict.
31 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Almost three years into Sudan's conflict between the military-led government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a recent commercial flight to Khartoum signals potential normalcy, but the underlying causes of the war remain unresolved. Both sides view the conflict as existential, foreign powers continue supplying weapons, and analysts warn that without comprehensive mediation addressing root causes—including demilitarisation, constitutional reform, and accountability for war crimes—the conflict could drag on for decades and potentially splinter the nation.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Sudan's civil war has intensified in the gold and oil-rich Kordofan region, with near-daily drone attacks killing civilians and shaping the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Both sides are accused of strikes on civilian infrastructure, and the fighting threatens to widen into a regional conflict as fighting spreads to the Blue Nile region.
25 February 2026 · The Namibian →