Sudanese rebels have driven government forces from El Fasher, the last stronghold of the country’s regime in the western Darfur region, amid a brutal struggle for territory that has led to alleged genocide and contributed to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises.

Sudan's military chief has confirmed the army's withdrawal from its last Western stronghold of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city. In a televised address, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the withdrawal in response to the "systematic destruction and killing of civilians".

Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.

Paramilitary fighters in vehicles, on camels and on foot rampaged through the Sudanese military's last stronghold in Darfur on Tuesday, killing and detaining hundreds of people in the latest atrocity of a war that has raged in Sudan for over 31 months.

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

TERRIFYING Sudanese forces have slaughtered almost 500 people inside a hospital, according to the United Nations. Bloodthirsty paramilitary forces reportedly invaded a maternity hospital and

Yale researchers document evidence of atrocities in Sudan's El Fasher using satellite imagery, while U.S. intelligence confirms UAE weapons transfers to the Rapid Support Forces.

Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.

Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur, expressing grave concern in a statement "at the heightened risk of large-scale atrocities,