UN officials say several thousand civilians were killed in the RSF takeover of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s only remaining stronghold in the Darfur. Only 40% of the city’s 260,000 residents managed to flee the onslaught alive, thousands of whom were wounded, the officials said. The RSF and their allied Arab militias, known as Janjaweed, overran El Fasher on Oct. 26 and rampaged through the city. Under the convention, a genocide determination could be made even if only one of the five were met. The RSF has been supported by the United Arab Emirates over the course of the war, according to UN experts and rights groups.

Source: Egypt Independent February 20, 2026 01:22 UTC