Civilians Trapped in Al Fashir as Rapid Support Forces Advance

Bellingcat, with Beam Reports, documents the RSF-SAF battle for Al Fashir, Darfur, using geolocated videos, satellite imagery, and NASA FIRMS data to show heavy weapons employed in dense urban areas, RSF positions near the power station, fires and burn scars across neighborhoods and nearby Talbedeya, and repeated strikes on medical facilities culminating in the closure of the city’s last functioning hospital. The report highlights dire humanitarian conditions, infrastructure and communications disruptions, and cites Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab warning of a high risk of mass atrocities if the RSF captures the city.