Ahmad was facing execution. Then one of his captors said, 'let him go'

Ahmad was facing execution. Then one of his captors said, 'let him go'


The 47-year-old was detained, beaten and robbed multiple times while fleeing the Sudanese city of El-Fasher when it was conquered by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in the last week of October. Many of El-Fasher's residents did not survive the fall of the city to the RSF, which had been besieging the capital of North Darfur since April 2024. The city was one of the key battlegrounds in Sudan's long-running civil war between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces, a conflict which had already included widespread atrocities, with allegations the RSF has committed genocide against ethnic African Sudanese groups.

Author: Eric Tlozek


Published at: 2025-11-15 19:04:30

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