{"id":1688,"date":"2025-11-01T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:49:48","slug":"as-sudans-el-fasher-falls-the-world-loses-sight-of-its-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/as-sudans-el-fasher-falls-the-world-loses-sight-of-its-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"As Sudan\u2019s El-Fasher falls, the world loses sight of its journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em><sub>The RSF advanced into El Fasher over the weekend after besieging the city for 18 months. (Photo: Reuters\/Mohyaldeen M Abdallah)<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><strong>New York, October 31, 2025<\/strong><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As paramilitary forces seized control of Sudan\u2019s El-Fasher over the weekend, its journalists have become both witnesses and victims of the unfolding horrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past week, the Committee to Protect Journalists has received reports that journalists in the North Darfur capital \u2014 among the last sources of independent information from the besieged city\u2014 have gone missing under a communication blackout, been abducted, and in some cases sexually assaulted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 26, the RSF, a paramilitary group born from the Janjaweed militias and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=fb32dd6aa4&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a>&nbsp;by theEuropean Union of ethnically-motivated crimes<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=247d57c183&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a>&nbsp;full control of El-Fasher. The city, besieged by the RSF for 18 months, was the group\u2019s final barrier to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=b4bd31a66c&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controlling<\/a>&nbsp;all of Darfur and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=371186ff8b&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">establishing<\/a>&nbsp;a parallel government in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over just two days, the RSF have been accused by the Sudanese government of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=bf0048fc34&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing<\/a>&nbsp;up to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=8e8129f92c&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2,000<\/a>&nbsp;civilians, abducting those attempting to flee, and committing grave human rights violations \u2013 marking one of the deadliest escalations since the group began fighting the Sudanese army for power in April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journalists missing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re reporting in the dark,\u201d a Sudanese journalist who managed to flee El-Fasher told CPJ, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. \u201cEvery hour, we lose another voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the RSF\u2019s capture of El-Fasher, CPJ received reports from several local rights groups that at least 13 journalists had gone missing over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freelance journalist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=f9fe31c0b3&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muammar Ibrahim<\/a>, who most recently contributed to Al Jazeera, disappeared on October 26. Later in the day he appeared in a short video circulated by RSF-linked Telegram channels, identifying himself to the camera while surrounded by armed men thought to be RSF fighters who appeared to be threatening him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following day, the RSF spokesperson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=1794db1382&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Al-Jazeera that he had no knowledge of Ibrahim\u2019s whereabouts, but if the journalist was not affiliated with any warring party, he saw \u201cno reason\u201d for him to have stayed in El-Fasher, ignoring the nature of his work as a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1690\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-11.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-11-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim was detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in El-Fasher. (Photo: Courtesy of Muammar Ibrahim)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>CPJ has been able to verify that journalists Abdelmajeed Al-Ahnaf, Mohamed Ahmed Nazar, and Mohamed Suleiman Taher Shuaib, Fayhaa Mohamed el-Helw, and Mohy Eldin Al-Sahhaf managed to escape the El-Fasher and relocate to a safer location.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fate of the rest of the missing press \u2013 Khalid Abu Warqa, Magdi Youssef, Mohamed Al-Refaey, Taj Al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman, Mohamed Hussein Shalabi, Atta Mohamed, and Ismail Mohamed Ahmed \u2013 remain uncertain.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With internet and phone networks&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=fe2aef8105&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut off<\/a>&nbsp;in El-Fasher, colleagues and families have no way to confirm whether the journalists are in RSF custody, or even alive. Local reporters say the only updates now come from social media pages controlled by the militant group or displaced civilians fleeing the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Darfur Women Journalists Forum told CPJ at least three female journalists were raped by RSF fighters during their latest assault on the city, part of a wider pattern of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=2731297ed4&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual violence<\/a>&nbsp;targeting female journalists and other civilians alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proof without consequence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What sets this war apart from most is the RSF\u2019s brazen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=06baa79e0a&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documentation<\/a>&nbsp;of its own crimes, with fighters filming, sharing, and celebrating their war crimes online with complete impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of the war, CPJ has documented a trail of abuses by the RSF across Sudan: at least&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=790ffa07a3&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 journalists killed<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=0d72f1eb6a&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">female journalists raped<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=f5657356b9&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media offices turned into detention centers<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=ffd5fe9655&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homes seized<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=4b4a16d63b&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">journalists abducted and held for ransom \u2013&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;many of which were filmed and circulated by the perpetrators themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In El-Fasher, RSF blockades have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=05862962aa&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starved<\/a>&nbsp;the city and silenced what remained of local media. Already only tenuously connected to the outside world through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=289537df2f&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RSF-managed Starlink connections<\/a>, communications with the city were cut off ahead of last week\u2019s RSF advance. What has emerged from the blackout is a stream of videos filmed by RSF fighters and posted online, showing them hunting down and executing civilians, and trenches full of bodies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to global outrage, the RSF announced it had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=9f5ed4e606&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a>&nbsp;a number of people accused of committing crimes in El-Fasher, but no one has yet to be held accountable for Ibrahim\u2019s abduction or any of the previous crimes against journalists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe video of Muammar Ibrahim\u2019s abduction \u2013 filmed and shared as RSF propaganda \u2013 shows the absolute collapse of accountability in Sudan,\u201d said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. \u201cJournalists can be kidnapped and their suffering broadcast to the world, and still no action is taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPJ contacted the RSF through its website to request comment but received no response. The&nbsp; Sudanese army has also been accused of committing grave human rights violations, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=cb996b32cb&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indiscriminate airstrikes<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=6988025b4c&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arbitrary detention of journalists<\/a>, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=16980048f1&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;killing of journalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPJ has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=47fdf62ec4&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for the protection of all journalists in El-Fasher and the immediate release of those detained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSF advanced into El Fasher over the weekend after besieging the city for 18 months. 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