Sudan: What’s happened in el-Fasher?
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The RSF (Rapid Support Forces) have taken the city of el-Fasher, in Darfur, from the Sudanese army. The city had been under siege by RSF fighters for 18 months, trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians and sparking a hunger crisis. Thousands are now trying to flee. And there are mounting fears of mass killings and sexual violence - some of which are feared to be ethically motivated.
The civil war in Sudan has been going on since 2023. But some believe that this could be a turning point. Deka Barrow, a journalist from BBC Monitoring who’s based in Nairobi, joins us to explain why. We also hear from someone who is trapped in el-Fasher.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
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Editor: Verity Wilde
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