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Combatants chuckle as they travel on the bed of a pick-up truck, hurrying alongside a row of nine dead bodies and driving towards the sinking Sudan's evening sky.

"Observe such work. See this instance of ethnic cleansing," a fighter exclaims.

The fighter grins as he turns the camera on his own face and his associate fighters, their Rapid Support Forces badges clearly shown: "These people will all perish this way."

The combatants are rejoicing over a atrocity that aid workers fear resulted in the deaths of more than thousands of individuals in the Sudanese metropolis of al-Fashir in recent weeks.

An Urban Center Severed from the Outside

Following their control of the city under blockade for almost two years, from the summer the militia moved to consolidate its control and restrict the surviving inhabitants.

Orbital photography show that fighters began to construct a enormous sand wall - a raised dirt embankment - around the edges of al-Fashir, sealing off roads and preventing humanitarian assistance.

As the siege worsened, multiple civilians were killed in an militia attack on a place of worship on 19 September, while the UN reported fifty-three more were killed in unmanned aircraft and heavy weapon bombardments on a makeshift community in October.

Graphic Video Shows Unarmed People Shot

By sunrise on late October the militia defeated the last army strongholds and captured the primary headquarters in the urban area, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the government forces withdrew.

Perhaps the most disturbing recordings to emerge and studied revealed the consequences of a massacre at a campus structure on the west of the city, where dozens dead bodies were observed spread across the ground.

An elderly individual clad in a traditional garment was seated isolated surrounded by the bodies. He rotated to glance as a militiaman armed with a rifle walked descending the staircase in the direction of him. Raising his weapon, the gunman fired a one bullet at the individual, who fell to the ground lifeless.

"How come is this one even living," another combatant shouted. "Execute him."

Orbital photography taken on October 26th seemed to substantiate that executions were furthermore performed on the streets of el-Fasher, as reported by a analysis published by the university analysis team.

One witness who provided testimony reported he had observed "numerous of our relatives being executed - they were collected in a specific area and everyone killed."

RSF Leaders Attempt to Carry Out Reputation Management

In the days that ensued from the killings, paramilitary commander admitted that his troops had perpetrated "wrongdoings" and stated the events would be looked into.

Among those apprehended was subsequent to a analysis documenting his killings. Deliberately staged and produced recording posted on the RSF's formal Telegram account reveal the commander being led into a cell at a prison on the outskirts of el-Fasher.

Simultaneously, the RSF and associated social media accounts started seeking to reframe the account.

Updates depicting its militiamen distributing assistance to residents were circulated by some users, while the paramilitary's communications team shared numerous videos allegedly to display the humane treatment of army prisoners of war.

In spite of the online campaign being used by the RSF, their actions in al-Fashir have provoked global outrage.