Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim has been detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as they advanced in el-Fasher , raising concerns about his safety and prompting calls for his release.

The RSF detained the reporter on Sunday evening, hours after the paramilitary force claimed it had seized control of the besieged capital of North Darfur.

The RSF has been laying siege to el-Fasher for nearly 18 months in a bid to take control of the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the vast western region of Darfur.

Several videos have been distributed of the captured journalist, a freelancer who contributed to Al Jazeera Mubasher.

In one, Ibrahim says he was detained as he tried to leave el-Fasher and that he was being held by the RSF.

He is seen surrounded by RSF fighters who jostle to

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