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As stated by the United Nations refugee organization, more than 60,000 people have fled the city in Sudan of el-Fasher, which was seized by the militia Rapid Support Forces recently.

Accounts suggest mass executions and crimes against humanity as RSF fighters entered the city following an extended encirclement marked by starvation and heavy bombardment.

The flow of those fleeing the fighting towards the town of Tawila, about 80km (50 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, had increased in the recent days, as stated by United Nations refugee agency representative.

Survivors were narrating terrible stories of atrocities, such as sexual violence, and the humanitarian group was struggling to secure enough shelter and nourishment for them.

All children was affected by undernourishment, she commented.

It is estimated that in excess of 150,000 residents are presently unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the military's final fortress in the western region of Darfur.

The Rapid Support Forces has disputed widespread allegations that the deaths in el-Fasher are driven by ethnicity and follow a trend of the Arab fighters focusing on non-Arab communities.

Yet the paramilitary group has custodied one of its militiamen, Abu Lulu, who has been accused of on-the-spot executions.

The organization distributed footage depicting the militiaman's arrest subsequent to confirmation that he was behind the execution of multiple non-combatants near el-Fasher.

Digital platform has acknowledged that it has banned the account associated with Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had controlled the profile in his identity.

Sudan was entered a domestic fighting in April 2023 after a intense struggle for power began between its army and the RSF.

It has led to a famine and claims of genocide in the Darfur area.

Over 150,000 persons have died in the fighting across the country, and approximately 12 million have left their homes in what the United Nations has described as the most extensive humanitarian emergency.

The takeover of el-Fasher strengthens the regional separation in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in dominance of the western region and significant areas of adjacent Kordofan to the south, and the military holding the main city, Khartoum, the center and east along the coastal region.

The competing factions had been collaborators - gaining control together in a coup in 2021 - but fell out over an globally supported plan to move towards civilian leadership.