A dramatic turning point in his war Sudan. General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, head of the Rapid Support Force (RSF), said on Wednesday (29.10.2025) that he wants “the unity of Sudan, by peace or by war”, in a message broadcast by his official Telegram channel from an unknown location.
His forces recently captured El Faser, the last provincial capital of Darfur, in southern Sudan, still under military control after 18 months of siege in that brutal war. On Monday, the army chief and de facto leader of the country, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, admitted the withdrawal of his forces, confirming their defeat.
Daglo called this victory “a step towards national unity”, while expressing “sorry to the people of El Fasser for the devastation they suffered”, claiming that “the war was imposed on us”.
Satellite images reveal carnage
The statements of the paramilitary leader are coming as new evidence of mass killings in El Fasher was revealed through satellite imagery analyzed by Yale University and published by the Telegraph.
Images show entire areas soaked in blood and piles of corpses visible from space, corroborating reports that at least 2,000 civilians — mostly women, children and the elderly — were executed after the RSF took over the city.
Sudan: Maxar satellite images confirm mass killings at RSF-controlled sites in El Fasher including the former Children’s and Saudi Hospitals and along the RSF-built sand berm encircling the city.
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Investigators speak of violence on a near-genocidal scale, with summary executions and house-to-house ethnic cleansing.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an immediate ceasefire, reporting the death of at least 460 people at a maternity hospital in El Fasher, including patients and staff. “Cease fire now!” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling for total protection of medical infrastructure and personnel.
International condemnations and humanitarian crisis
The European Union denounced the RSF’s “brutality” and ethnically motivated attacks on civilians. Faced with accusations of massacres and violence, Daglo claimed he had sent “commissions of inquiry” to El Fasser and demanded “those who committed mistakes be held accountable”, asserting that his forces were “people of peace”.
Since the city’s fall, numerous videos and testimonies have circulated on social media documenting mass violence attributed to paramilitary forces. According to the UN, more than 36,000 people have left El Fasher in recent days, heading for neighboring areas and the city of Tawila, where more than 650,000 displaced people are already.