A school damaged by shelling where displaced people are sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, on Oct. 7.

After a punishing 18-month siege, a powerful Sudanese militia has captured the main army headquarters in the Darfur city of El Fasher, provoking fears of new atrocities in a city already suffering from famine and bombings.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling Sudan’s army since the war erupted in 2023, posted social-media videos of its soldiers celebrating and waving Kalashnikov assault rifles in front of bullet-riddled buildings at the army base.

Other videos circulating online on Sunday showed an exodus of thousands of people from El Fasher. In one video, RSF soldiers are shown beating and whipping a large group of unarmed men, forcing them to break int

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