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Militiamen laugh as they ride on the back of a transport truck, speeding past a row of several dead bodies and heading in the direction of the setting Sudanese sun.

"See all this effort. Look at this instance of genocide," one exclaims.

The individual smiles as he points the video equipment on his own face and his fellow fighters, their paramilitary badges visible: "These people are all going to die like this."

These individuals are celebrating a atrocity that aid workers believe claimed the lives of more than thousands of people in the African city of el-Fasher last month.

A City Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the city under siege for nearly an extended period, from August the militia advanced to consolidate its control and prevent access for the surviving residents.

Space-based imagery demonstrate that fighters started to build a immense berm - a built-up earthen wall - around the edges of el-Fasher, sealing off entry points and halting humanitarian assistance.

As the siege worsened, seventy-eight civilians were killed in an paramilitary strike on a mosque on mid-September, while the UN said fifty-three more were slain in aerial and artillery attacks on a displacement camp in October.

Graphic Video Shows Weaponless Individuals Executed

In the early morning on 26 October the militia defeated the last military positions and captured the primary compound in the urban area, the main facility of the Military Unit, as the army pulled back.

Among the most disturbing footage to appear and examined showed the consequences of a atrocity at a university building on the west of the community, where dozens lifeless forms were observed scattered throughout the ground.

An older man clad in a traditional garment remained alone amid the corpses. The individual turned to glance as a fighter armed with a firearm moved descending the steps in the direction of him. pointing his rifle, the gunman released a one shot at the man, who collapsed to the ground motionless.

"How come is this person still living," a combatant shouted. "Shoot him."

Orbital photography taken on 26 October indicated to verify that executions were furthermore carried out on the thoroughfares of the city, as reported by a report released by the university analysis team.

An witness who communicated reported they had seen "many of our kin getting executed - the victims were gathered in a single location and each one eliminated."

Militia Leaders Try to Conduct Damage Control

During the period that ensued from the massacre, paramilitary commander conceded that his fighters had carried out "violations" and stated the events would be investigated.

Included among apprehended was subsequent to a report detailing his killings. Deliberately staged and produced recording published on the RSF's authorized social media platform reveal the commander being led into a prison room at a prison on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and associated online accounts commenced seeking to reframe the account.

Content depicting its combatants distributing supplies to residents were shared by various accounts, while the militia's public relations unit published several clips purporting to demonstrate the humane management of army prisoners of war.

Despite the social media campaign being used by the RSF, their activities in the city have generated international condemnation.