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Per the United Nations refugee organization, in excess of 60,000 individuals have left the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was taken over by the paramilitary RSF during the weekend.

There have been mass executions and atrocities as paramilitary forces entered the city after an extended blockade featuring starvation and intense shelling.

The movement of those escaping the conflict towards the town of Tawila, about 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had accelerated in the past few days, as stated by United Nations refugee agency representative.

They were narrating shocking accounts of violence, such as sexual violence, and the humanitarian group was having trouble to find adequate accommodation and nourishment for them.

All children was affected by undernourishment, she commented.

Estimates suggest that in excess of 150,000 people are presently stranded in el-Fasher, which had been the army's last stronghold in the western part of Darfur.

The Rapid Support Forces has rejected widespread claims that the killings in el-Fasher are based on ethnic factors and resemble a practice of the Arab fighters targeting non-Arab communities.

However the RSF has arrested one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with on-the-spot executions.

The group distributed footage showing the member's detention subsequent to confirmation that he was involved in the killing of numerous non-combatants in the vicinity of el-Fasher.

Digital platform has acknowledged that it has removed the profile connected to Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had operated the account in his name.

Sudan was plunged into a civil war in April 2023 when a vicious struggle for power began between its army and the Rapid Support Forces.

It has caused a famine and claims of ethnic cleansing in the Darfur area.

In excess of 150,000 people have been killed in the conflict across the country, and about 12 million have abandoned their residences in what the United Nations has called the biggest global humanitarian emergency.

The capture of el-Fasher solidifies the geographic split in the country, with the RSF now in control of Sudan's west and a large portion of adjacent Kordofan to the south, and the army holding the main city, Khartoum, central and eastern areas along the Red Sea.

The opposing sides had been allies - taking over together in a takeover in 2021 - but split over an globally supported plan to advance to civilian leadership.