Sudan conflict: RSF trying to cover up mass killings in el-Fasher, Yale University researchers say

Satellite images show the paramilitary force is burying and burning bodies, Yale University researchers say.

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The RSF had drawn international condemnation amid reports of executions and crimes against humanity when its fighters captured the city in October.

Now, analysis of satellite images by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) shows the RSF likely disposed of tens of thousands of bodies after seizing el-Fasher.

The RSF has not responded to the report, but its leader previously admitted his fighters had committed some violations in the city.