New Spotlight Report Series – Sudan: The Situation in El Fasher

Asylos is launching the Spotlight Report Project, aiming to consistently and proactively meet COI demand and fill COI gaps with quality research in asylum procedures in the UK and globally, improving the accessibility and reach of high-quality COI.

The project enables members of the Asylos’ network to initiate COI research independently of external case-specific requests, commissioning reports on specific countries, topics, populations, or trends. These research requests will be informed and underpinned by data and intelligence gathered via our collective networks, collaborations and partnerships.

Sudan: The Situation in El Fasher, is the second of Asylos’ Spotlight Report Series, examining the humanitarian crisis in El Fasher, Sudan, following its capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October 2025. After an 18-month siege, the RSF seized the city on October 26th, 2025, marking their control of all five Darfur state capitals. The takeover triggered mass atrocities including systematic executions of civilians, particularly men separated by ethnicity, with death toll estimates ranging from 2,000 to potentially tens of thousands. Sources describe brutal violence including gang rapes, kidnappings for ransom, attacks on hospitals (including the massacre of over 460 patients at Saudi Maternity Hospital), and widespread torture. These violations appear ethnically motivated, targeting non-Arab communities, and continued as civilians attempted to flee the city.

For more information about this publication, visit our project page.

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