RSF Takes El Fasher, the Sudanese Army's Last Darfur Stronghold
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterAl Jazeera[1] (28 October 2025): Burhan 'announced the withdrawal of his forces ... late on Monday, a day after the paramilitary RSF seized control of the main Sudanese army base in el-Fasher' (Sunday 26 October 2025); Wikipedia[2] gives 26 October for the base's fall.
After a siege of more than a year and a half, the Rapid Support Forces seized the Sudanese army's 6th Infantry Division base in El Fasher, and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced a withdrawal from the city as the UN reported summary executions of fleeing civilians.
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