A year since al-Fashir, what has changed? A year since the city of al-Fashir fell to the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, what has changed? As the last state capital in western Sudan's Darfur region not captured by the RSF, al-Fashir - which has become a safe haven for the region's non-Arab population - has been under siege by the top Arab militia since April 2024, leading analysts to warn that the RSF would end its g*nucil project if it fell to the militia. When it eventually happened, conservative estimates suggested that at least 60,000 civilians were killed, with up to 150,000 missing, marking what experts describe as the largest mass killing of the 21st century. Despite public recordings of atrocities by RSF fighters such as the 'Butcher of al-Fashir' Abu Lulu and the UN declaring the massacres murderous, Western policy did not hold the UAE accountable.

A year since al-Fashir, what has changed? A year since the city of al-Fashir fell to the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, what has changed? As the last state capital in western Sudan's Darfur region not captured by the RSF, al-Fashir - which has become a safe haven for the region's non-Arab population - has been under siege by the top Arab militia since April 2024, leading analysts to warn that the RSF would end its g*nucil project if it fell to the militia. When it eventually happened, conservative estimates suggested that at least 60,000 civilians were killed, with up to 150,000 missing, marking what experts describe as the largest mass killing of the 21st century. Despite public recordings of atrocities by RSF fighters such as the 'Butcher of al-Fashir' Abu Lulu and the UN declaring the massacres murderous, Western policy did not hold the UAE accountable.