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In October 2025, the RSF seized El Fasher, killing thousands in days in one of the deadliest massacres of Sudan’s civil war. For a new documentary, Lighthouse and @aljazeera.com Fault lines traveled to Uganda to hear survivors’ stories. www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Ruqaya escaped El Fasher on foot. During the siege the RSF killed 12 members of her family. Her 21 year old son is still missing.

Abulgasim is a citizen journalist. He told us “Sometimes I would be the first person to find the wounded and people killed by bombs. Sometimes I’d find an entire family that was killed. No one left.”

Halima Abdallah fled El Fasher with her 4 children in December 2024. In May 2024, Halima’s 7 year old daughter went outside to use a public toilet and was attacked by RSF soldiers.

@amnesty.org 's Janine Morna told us “There was a time before the takeover of El Fasher where so much could’ve been done to save lives. As an international community we couldn’t even provide the most basic of protection.”

The RSF built a berm around the city, trapping people inside. We reviewed hundreds of satellite images captured between April and October 2025, mapped the construction of the berm around El Fasher.