El Fasher massacres: Satellite proof shocks the world

The satellite images examined show that after El Fasher was taken by the RSF, mass burials were carried out in parts of this Darfur city in Sudan.

The finding raises fresh concerns about the scale of violence that took place there.

The release of satellite imagery from El Fasher comes as Sudan’s two-year war continues amid growing international outrage.

Meanwhile, local media and the United Nations report a drone strike on a funeral in another city, Al-Ubayyid, that killed at least 40 people.

The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health analyzed satellite images of El Fasher that were provided by Colorado-based imaging company Ventor.

Researchers say the images indicate mass graves were dug and then covered at two locations in the city: one at a mosque north of the Al-Saudi Hospital, where about 460 people are reportedly believed to have been killed, and the other at a former children’s hospital that the RSF reportedly used as a detention site.

Separately, the Sudanese army rejected a U.S. offer of a ceasefire and said it will rely on a mobilization of the public to fight the Rapid Support Forces, which control much of the country’s western regions.

That decision followed an emergency meeting of the Sovereign Military Council on Thursday chaired by army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to discuss Sudan’s security situation.

In a statement the council said it had decided to prepare the Sudanese people to stand behind the armed forces in eliminating the rebel militias as part of a general mobilization and the government’s efforts to end the insurgency.