"Mohammed Zakaria had not slept in two days when the news came that el-Fasher, his hometown, had fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The Sudanese video journalist and human rights activist had been monitoring the deteriorating situation from Kampala, Uganda, watching as the paramilitary seized the North Darfur governor's office in the city on Friday, edging closer to taking control of all of it."
"Searching through social media after the city's fall, he discovered footage posted on Facebook by RSF soldiers celebrating, standing over dead bodies. He recognised three of his uncles among the dead. They are celebrating by killing them, he said. He said another uncle's Facebook profile photo had been changed to an image of an RSF fighter, a chilling message about his possible fate. We don't know where he is we're really scared for him, he said."
"The city fell to the RSF on Sunday after an 18-month siege, the Sudanese army confirming its withdrawal from what was its last outpost in the Darfur region, held for months by the resolve of fighters holed up there. The RSF's capture of el-Fasher gives the paramilitary control over all five state capitals in Darfur, marking a significant turning point in Sudan's civil war."
Mohammed Zakaria, a Sudanese video journalist and human rights activist, monitored the fall of his hometown el-Fasher from Kampala and had not slept for two days before it fell to the Rapid Support Forces. Social media footage showed RSF soldiers celebrating while standing over dead bodies; Zakaria recognized three uncles among the dead and feared for another uncle whose profile photo was changed to an RSF fighter. The city fell after an 18-month siege when the Sudanese army withdrew from its last Darfur outpost. The RSF now controls all five Darfur state capitals, and observers report mass atrocities and ethnically targeted killings following the capture.
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