The devastation in the Sudanese city of El Fasher is now so extensive that its horrors are visible from orbit. Satellite imagery reveals columns of smoke rising from strategic locations and evidence of widespread destruction on the ground, painting a grim picture of a human tragedy escalating with little international intervention.
For months, this last major holdout in the Darfur region has endured catastrophic conditions, which United Nations officials now describe as having descended into an even darker chapter of suffering. The city’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) marks a pivotal moment in a civil war that has raged for over two years, a conflict that the world has largely watched from the sidelines.
Analysts point to the role of foreign backing for the paramilitary groups, a factor that has intensified the violence. The situation on the ground represents a long-predicted massacre, a crisis documented in detail by reporters and condemned by commentators who argue the international community must not turn away while hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance.
