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Militiamen smirk as they ride on the bed of a utility vehicle, speeding past a line of multiple corpses and moving facing the setting Sudan's sun.

"See all this effort. See this instance of ethnic cleansing," a fighter exclaims.

The fighter grins as he turns the video equipment on his own face and his companion fighters, their paramilitary insignia on display: "The victims are all going to die this way."

The combatants are exulting in a atrocity that relief organizations suspect killed over two thousand civilians in the African urban center of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A Community Isolated from the Outside

After maintaining the city under siege for almost two years, from August the RSF proceeded to consolidate its control and blockade the leftover civilian population.

Orbital photography show that forces began to construct a immense berm - a built-up sand barrier - around the edges of al-Fashir, closing entry points and blocking aid.

As the siege escalated, seventy-eight people were slain in an paramilitary attack on a religious building on mid-September, while the UN reported fifty-three additional were killed in unmanned aircraft and artillery attacks on a makeshift community in October.

Explicit Recording Depicts Defenseless People Shot

In the early morning on October 26th the militia overwhelmed the remaining government defenses and seized the primary headquarters in the urban area, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the military retreated.

Perhaps the most graphic recordings to surface and analysed depicted the results of a massacre at a university building on the western of the urban area, where dozens corpses were observed strewn across the ground.

An elderly man wearing a robe sat by himself amid the corpses. The man looked to look as a combatant armed with a weapon moved descending the steps in the direction of the individual. pointing his firearm, the fighter fired a one round at the individual, who fell to the ground lifeless.

"For what reason is this one even living," one combatant shouted. "Kill this one."

Orbital photography taken on October 26th indicated to confirm that executions were also performed on the streets of el-Fasher, as reported by a analysis issued by the university analysis team.

One observer who communicated reported the individual had witnessed "multiple of our kin being executed - the victims were assembled in a specific area and all eliminated."

RSF Commanders Attempt to Implement Reputation Management

In the days that followed the killings, paramilitary chief acknowledged that his fighters had committed "wrongdoings" and stated the occurrences would be looked into.

Included among apprehended was subsequent to a investigation documenting his murders. Deliberately choreographed and modified video posted on the paramilitary's authorized Telegram account show him being led into a detention area at a detention facility on the outskirts of the city.

At the same time, the RSF and affiliated digital profiles started trying to alter the account.

Posts showing its fighters handing out supplies to civilians were shared by several individuals, while the militia's public relations unit shared several recordings purporting to show the humane management of government prisoners of war.

Regardless of the social media initiative being deployed by the RSF, their conduct in al-Fashir have sparked global outrage.