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A massacre in the Sudanese town of El Fasher has worsened the refugee crisis in South Sudan as more people escape the war in Sudan, according to Christian Aid.

Media reports and satellite imagery confirmed mass killings in El Fasher in the Darfur region after Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed control of the town on Oct. 27, 2025, from the Sudanese Army. Approximately 460 people were shot and killed in a horrific attack by RSF in a hospital in El Fasher. Thousands more escaped the town adding to the millions of refugees escaping the conflict.

Following the take-over of the town and the withdrawal of the Sudanese Army, Christian Aid has recorded a sharp increase in refugee arrivals, including returnees who had fled South Sudan's own civil war years

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