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Fighters chuckle as they travel on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding by a series of several dead bodies and driving in the direction of the descending Sudan's sunset.

"Look at all this accomplishment. Look at this instance of genocide," a fighter shouts.

He smiles as he directs the video equipment on his own face and his companion combatants, their RSF identification on display: "The victims will all die like this."

The combatants are celebrating a mass killing that aid workers suspect claimed the lives of over thousands of civilians in the African metropolis of el-Fasher during October.

A City Severed from the Globe

Having held the city under blockade for approximately an extended period, from the summer the RSF proceeded to strengthen its control and restrict the remaining residents.

Space-based imagery show that forces began to construct a massive earth barrier - a built-up earthen wall - surrounding the perimeter of the city, sealing off roads and halting aid.

During the encirclement intensified, seventy-eight individuals were murdered in an militia assault on a mosque on 19 September, while the United Nations said dozens additional were slain in drone and artillery strikes on a makeshift community in October.

Explicit Recording Reveals Unarmed Civilians Shot

At dawn on October 26th the militia conquered the remaining military strongholds and captured the central headquarters in the urban area, the headquarters of the Military Unit, as the military withdrew.

One of the most horrific recordings to surface and analysed revealed the aftermath of a atrocity at a educational facility on the west of the city, where dozens corpses were seen spread throughout the area.

An older man clad in a robe sat isolated amid the bodies. The individual rotated to glance as a fighter armed with a rifle moved along the staircase facing the individual. lifting his rifle, the fighter fired a one round at the individual, who dropped to the ground lifeless.

"Why is this person still alive," another militiaman exclaimed. "Execute this person."

Satellite images captured on 26 October indicated to confirm that killings were furthermore conducted on the streets of al-Fashir, based on a study issued by the university analysis team.

One witness who spoke reported they had observed "multiple of our relatives being killed - the victims were gathered in a specific area and each one murdered."

RSF Commanders Attempt to Implement Damage Control

During the period that followed the killings, militia leader conceded that his forces had carried out "wrongdoings" and stated the events would be looked into.

Part of the arrested was after a report detailing his murders. Meticulously staged and edited video published on the RSF's official Telegram channel reveal the commander being escorted into a cell at a prison on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

Simultaneously, the paramilitary force and affiliated social media channels began seeking to reshape the account.

Content depicting its militiamen providing supplies to residents were circulated by several individuals, while the paramilitary's public relations unit published several videos claiming to display the compassionate handling of military prisoners of war.

Regardless of the online campaign being used by the paramilitary, their conduct in al-Fashir have generated worldwide condemnation.