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'Everybody is terrorised': El-Fasher population drops to just seven percent of last year's high, Amnesty says

Middle East Eye23 October 2026, 20:12 UTCSudan

'Everybody is terrorised': El-Fasher population drops to just seven percent of last year's high, Amnesty says Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 19:20 One year after the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces took the Sudanese city, death, torture and disappearances are rife, the rights organisation found Displaced Ibrahim Noureldin, who says he was imprisoned and tortured in RSF prisons before fleeing El Fasher

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