One year since the El Fasher massacre

Sudan marks a grim anniversary this week. Tens of thousands still remain missing after the RSF’s siege of El Fasher. The RSF also remains in control of the city, and the civil war continues to drag on with seemingly no end in sight. To mark the occasion, the British government has sanctioned 15 Sudanese military leaders from both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rebel RSF over their involvement in sexual violence during the atrocities in El Fasher. But the sanctions are a relatively small response to what some have called one of the worst massacres of the century. Since Sudan’s civil war began, more than 14 million people – roughly a quarter of the population – have been displaced, while an estimated 150,000 have been killed.