Sudanese accounts of escaping el-Fasher

The Sudanese city of el-Fasher in the western Darfur region was recently captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This was a huge victory for the paramilitary group, but widespread accounts of brutality, killing and rape have drawn international condemnation. The BBC has travelled to a camp set near the town of al-Dabbah in northern Sudan to hear first-hand the stories of those who escaped. We speak to our Africa correspondent Barbara Plett Usher. And a warning, you may find some the details distressing.

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(Photo: Clothes hung out to dry outside a tent in a displacement camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, November 17, 2025. Credit: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters)