The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has reached alarming levels as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) consolidate control over western regions, including the strategically significant city of el-Fasher. Reports from the ground reveal harrowing conditions, with over 150,000 people trapped in el-Fasher, many suffering from severe malnutrition. Survivors of the siege have recounted witnessing executions and widespread abuse by armed militias. The RSF has denied allegations of ethnically motivated killings, but its detention of Abu Lulu, a militiaman accused of summary executions, has drawn international attention. TikTok has banned an account linked to Lulu, though it remains unclear if he personally managed it. The conflict, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the RSF, has claimed over 150,000 lives and displaced 12 million people, creating what the UN describes as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The RSF now dominates western Sudan and parts of Kordofan, while the army retains control of Khartoum and eastern regions. The two factions, once allies in a 2021 coup, have since clashed over a transition to civilian rule, plunging the nation into chaos.
