Thousands are feared dead in a massive killing spree after the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces seized the last major population center in western Sudan.
Sudan has been engulfed in a bloody civil war since April 2023, when a power struggle between RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan escalated into open conflict. After suffering a major setback in March by losing the capital of Khartoum, the RSF regained the initiative in the following months, culminating in the SAF withdrawing from its last stronghold in western Sudan, El Fasher, leaving it at the RSF’s mercy.
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC
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