El-Fasher remains a ghost town a year after RSF seizure
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
A year after the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher, the city in North Darfur remains devastated and largely emptied of its residents, with no full account of the human toll. Aid workers, observers and survivors describe a ghost town, according to RFI.
A year after El-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the capital of North Darfur state remains a “ghost town”, according to RFI, which reports testimony from aid workers, observers and survivors. The RSF captured the city on 26 October 2025, after several months of siege.
