Heroism, horror and the 'pits of hell': inside the last days of El Fasher

Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred; a further 40,000 civilians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for. This is the story of what happened.

“El Fasher represents a moral and political failure of the international system designed to prevent genocide,” said Abdallah Abu Garda, chair of the UK-based Darfur Diaspora Association.