A report released by the Yale University Humanities Research Lab in the US on October 28 stated that mass genocide had taken place in the region.
What you should know
The United Nations Human Rights Office has expressed concern over the increasing brutality in Al Fasher, Sudan.
Attacks have increased since Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia took over western Darfur last month.
"Al Faser has witnessed an increase in brutal attacks in the past 10 days. It has become a city of suffering," the UN's human rights representative in Sudan, Li Fung, wrote in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday.
Hundreds of people, including women and children, have been killed and injured during this period, she said. Similarly, the number of displaced and missing people is also high, she said.
Adam Rozelle, a spokesman for the Sudanese IDP and Refugee Camp Assistance Group, told the AP that more than 16,000 people have arrived in the city of Tawila from Al Faser. Many are in need of food, medicine, tents, psychological counseling, and other supplies, he said. Some families are forced to survive on one meal a day, he said.
Doctors Without Borders also expressed concern about the situation on Friday. The organization said that malnutrition rates among children here are high.
Al Faser was one of the few bases in Sudan's southern Darfur region where the Sudanese army has a strong presence. On October 26, RSF also captured it. Since then, people have been fleeing from all nearby towns, including Tawila.
On October 28, a report by the Yale University Humanitarian Research Lab in the United States stated that there had been a mass massacre in the area. During this time, blood-spattered scenes seen in satellite images have also been investigated.
According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as of November 4, about 82,000 people have fled Al Faser and taken refuge in nearby areas. Tawil, Kewkawiya, Melit and Kutum are the main areas of refugee influx.
Before RSF took over, Al Faser was home to around 260,000 people.
