40,000+ Newly Displaced from El Fasher Area Amid Intensified RSF Attacks

Over 40,000 people — approximately 8,100 households — have been forced to flee areas around El Fasher in North Darfur as RSF forces continued military operations in and around the city following the RSF's October 2025 capture. The displacement surge reflects ongoing RSF pressure on El Fasher's remaining civilian population, which has sought shelter in overcrowded displacement sites with severely limited humanitarian access. The UN Fact-Finding Mission, in a February 2026 report, documented that RSF forces killed 6,000+ civilians in the first three days of the El Fasher offensive, with over 4,400 killed within El Fasher itself — findings characterized as bearing the 'hallmarks of genocide' targeting non-Arab Zaghawa and Fur communities. Humanitarian agencies warn that access to El Fasher remains critically constrained, with aid supplies dwindling and medical facilities overwhelmed. The displacement adds to the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in North Darfur, where El Fasher was the last major city under non-RSF control before its October 2025 fall.