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Combatants chuckle as they travel on the rear of a utility vehicle, hurrying alongside a line of several lifeless forms and driving in the direction of the descending Sudanese evening sky.

"See this extensive effort. Look at this genocide," a combatant cheers.

The fighter smiles as he turns the video equipment on his person and his companion militiamen, their paramilitary identification visible: "They shall all be killed in this manner."

These individuals are rejoicing over a massacre that aid workers fear killed more than two thousand people in the Sudanese metropolis of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A Community Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the city under siege for approximately 24 months, from late summer the paramilitary force moved to consolidate its position and blockade the remaining civilian population.

Space-based imagery demonstrate that forces started to construct a immense berm - a elevated dirt embankment - encircling the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and halting relief supplies.

While the blockade escalated, multiple individuals were slain in an militia attack on a mosque on mid-September, while the UN said dozens additional were slain in aerial and artillery strikes on a refugee settlement in the autumn.

Explicit Video Depicts Weaponless Civilians Executed

By sunrise on October 26th the militia overwhelmed the final army strongholds and seized the main headquarters in the urban area, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the military pulled back.

Perhaps the most disturbing videos to surface and analysed showed the aftermath of a massacre at a educational facility on the western of the city, where dozens lifeless forms were seen strewn across the area.

An older man wearing a traditional garment sat by himself surrounded by the victims. He looked to look as a fighter armed with a firearm walked along the steps facing the victim. Raising his weapon, the shooter fired a single bullet at the victim, who dropped to the surface still.

"Why is this individual still alive," one militiaman exclaimed. "Kill this one."

Orbital photography captured on late October seemed to verify that killings were additionally performed on the roads of el-Fasher, as reported by a study released by the university analysis team.

One eyewitness who spoke said they had witnessed "many of our family members being executed - they were collected in a specific area and all murdered."

Militia Commanders Seek to Implement Reputation Management

Following the events that followed the atrocity, RSF commander admitted that his troops had perpetrated "wrongdoings" and announced the events would be looked into.

Part of the arrested was following a analysis recording his executions. Carefully orchestrated and modified footage published on the militia's authorized Telegram account depict the commander being escorted into a detention area at a prison on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

At the same time, the RSF and connected digital accounts began trying to reframe the story.

Content depicting its fighters distributing aid to inhabitants were circulated by some accounts, while the militia's media office published several videos allegedly to display the proper handling of government captives.

Regardless of the social media campaign being used by the RSF, their conduct in el-Fasher have sparked global anger.