France, Dec. 21 -- The Rapid Support Forces, battling Sudan's military since April 2023, seized the army's last stronghold in Darfur on 26 October in a bloody offensive marked by executions, atrocities, pillaging and rape.

Since then, an RSF-imposed communications blackout has sealed El-Fasher off from the outside world. Little has been known since RSF fighters posted images eight weeks ago showing mass killings that shocked the world.

AFP managed to speak to two residents inside the city via satellite internet, collected accounts from two aid groups that gained rare access, and analysed satellite imagery to piece together an image of El-Fasher under the RSF.

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