Summary
Researchers from Yale University claim that Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), tried to cover up mass killings in the city of el-Fasher by destroying evidence. Satellite images show that the RSF likely disposed of thousands of bodies after capturing the city during the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Key Facts
- The RSF is accused of covering up mass killings in el-Fasher by burying and burning bodies.
- Satellite images analyzed by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab suggest the RSF disposed of thousands of bodies.
- The RSF captured el-Fasher after an 18-month siege, taking control from Sudan's regular army.
- This conflict is part of a wider civil war in Sudan that started in April 2023.
- The United Nations calls the situation the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
- The RSF leader has admitted some violations but denies the killings are ethnically motivated.
- Reports suggest that less than half of the trapped city's civilians have escaped to camps.
- More than 13 million people have been displaced since the war began.
