New Videos Document Executions Post-RSF Takeover in El-Fasher, Sudan

Thu Oct 30 2025 15:29:16 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Recent footage reveals disturbing executions carried out by the Rapid Support Forces in El-Fasher, highlighting the rising violence in Sudan amidst ongoing conflict.

After the RSF seized control of El-Fasher, disturbing videos surfaced showing executions of unarmed captives. The conflict has escalated over two years, with over 150,000 deaths and widespread displacement. The UN and BBC Verify confirmed reports of summary executions by RSF fighters, raising serious concerns about human rights violations in the ongoing Sudanese conflict entangled with political power struggles.

Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions.

Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.

The RSF, which has engaged in a brutal war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for more than two years, seized a key military base in the city over the weekend after an extended siege.

Several videos have since emerged showing men wearing military fatigues and some with what appear to be RSF patches carrying out extreme acts of violence around el-Fasher. The UN's Sudan coordinator reported receiving credible reports of summary executions in the city during an interview with the BBC on Wednesday.

BBC Verify has approached the RSF for comment. Imran Abdullah, an adviser to the paramilitary, denied the group's fighters were targeting civilians in an interview with the BBC on Monday.

Sudan has been ravaged by war since the conflict broke out in 2023, prompted by the collapse of the SAF and the RSF's fragile ruling coalition. More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes since then. Denise Brown, the UN's Sudan coordinator, noted the reports of executions particularly targeting unarmed men after RSF's intervention in el-Fasher. Such killings are classified as war crimes under the Geneva Convention.

Most of the clips reviewed by BBC Verify are recorded in dusty and sandy rural locations, yet one video showing the summary shooting of an unarmed man at a university building in el-Fasher was successfully geolocated. The clip captures the unarmed man amid numerous dead bodies, as he is shot by an armed RSF fighter.

The RSF has a history of employing violence and executing perceived enemies, with claims of recent activities indicating systemic killings seen as politically motivated. The ongoing unrest underscores a dire humanitarian crisis in Sudan as global observers raise alarms about potential war crimes and atrocities linked to the RSF's actions in the conflict.