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Fewer than 70,000 people are believed to remain in El Fasher today

The targeted commanders, suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city, have been subjected to a travel ban and asset freeze.

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Key facts

  • Fewer than 70,000 people are believed to remain in El Fasher today, compared with a prewar population of more than 1 million.
  • The targeted commanders, suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city, have been subjected to a travel ban and asset freeze.
  • Over the 12 months since the fall of the city, Sudan's ruinous conflict has forced 14 million people to flee their homes and has developed…

Fewer than 70,000 people are believed to remain in El Fasher today, compared with a prewar population of more than 1 million.

The targeted commanders, suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city, have been subjected to a travel ban and asset freeze.

Over the 12 months since the fall of the city, Sudan's ruinous conflict has forced 14 million people to flee their homes and has developed increasingly into a drone war.

During the 12 months since the fall of El Fasher, Sudan’s ruinous conflict – which has forced 14 million people to flee their homes – has developed increasingly into a drone war.

During the RSF’s takeover of the city, up to 10,000 men, women and children are believed to have been slaughtered over two days – the fastest and largest massacre of civilians this century.

A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.

Fewer than 70,000 people are believed to remain in El Fasher, compared with a prewar population of more than 1 million.

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