Over 60,000 Escape Sudan's City In the wake of Capture by Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary Group, United Nations Reports

According to the UNHCR, in excess of 60,000 individuals have left the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was captured by the paramilitary RSF during the weekend.

There have been multiple executions and human rights violations as RSF fighters entered the city following an 18-month siege characterized by food shortages and heavy bombardment.

The movement of those fleeing the fighting towards the community of Tawila, roughly 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had grown in the past few days, per United Nations refugee agency representative.

Survivors were describing terrible tales of atrocities, including rape, and the humanitarian group was struggling to secure enough accommodation and food for them.

All children was affected by malnutrition, she added.

It is estimated that in excess of 150,000 residents are currently unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the army's last bastion in the western part of Darfur.

The Rapid Support Forces has disputed extensive accusations that the executions in el-Fasher are ethnically motivated and mirror a practice of the Arab militia groups focusing on non-Arab populations.

Nevertheless the RSF has arrested one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been implicated in extrajudicial killings.

The force distributed recordings revealing the fighter's apprehension subsequent to verification that he was involved in the execution of numerous unarmed men near el-Fasher.

Social media platform has confirmed that it has suspended the channel connected to Lulu. It is not clear whether he had managed the profile in his name.

Sudan was plunged into a domestic fighting in April 2023 after a intense contest for control erupted between its military and the RSF.

It has caused a famine and allegations of mass killing in the western Sudan.

In excess of 150,000 persons have been killed in the fighting throughout the country, and approximately 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the United Nations has described as the most extensive humanitarian emergency.

The seizure of el-Fasher solidifies the regional separation in the country, with the RSF now in control of Sudan's west and significant areas of bordering Kordofan to the south, and the military controlling the capital, Khartoum, the center and east along the coastal region.

The competing factions had been partners - coming to power together in a seizure of power in 2021 - but disagreed over an internationally backed initiative to move towards civilian rule.