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November 04, 2025
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'Rounded up': survivors say Sudan's RSF detains hundreds near El-Fasher



Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 2, 2025
A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area. "We were rounded up and taken," he told AFP on Sunday, explaining how he and roughly 200 other young men were detained for days by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in Garni, 25 kilometres northwest of El-Fasher, after they tried to flee. "They hit us with sticks and called us 'slaves'," said Hussei ... read more

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