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Militiamen laugh as they ride on the back of a utility vehicle, hurrying alongside a row of several dead bodies and heading facing the sinking Sudanese sun.

"See this extensive effort. Observe this genocide," a combatant shouts.

The individual smiles as he directs the video equipment on his own face and his associate fighters, their paramilitary insignia clearly shown: "These people will all be killed in this manner."

The men are exulting in a atrocity that humanitarian officials believe claimed the lives of more than two thousand people in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher during October.

A City Severed from the Globe

Having held the city under encirclement for almost 24 months, from late summer the RSF proceeded to consolidate its control and blockade the leftover civilian population.

Orbital photography show that forces commenced to construct a immense earth barrier - a raised dirt embankment - around the boundaries of the city, closing entry points and blocking aid.

During the encirclement intensified, 78 people were killed in an militia assault on a religious building on mid-September, while the United Nations reported 53 more were murdered in aerial and artillery attacks on a displacement camp in October.

Disturbing Recording Depicts Weaponless Civilians Gunned Down

By sunrise on October 26th the militia conquered the last government defenses and took control of the main base in the city, the headquarters of the Military Unit, as the military retreated.

One of the most disturbing recordings to appear and analysed depicted the aftermath of a mass killing at a university building on the western side of the city, where numerous dead bodies were visible scattered over the ground.

An elderly man dressed in a traditional garment remained isolated amongst the victims. The individual looked to gaze as a militiaman equipped with a rifle proceeded along the steps towards him. pointing his firearm, the shooter discharged a solitary round at the individual, who collapsed to the ground lifeless.

"Why is this one still living," one militiaman shouted. "Shoot this person."

Satellite images taken on 26 October appeared to confirm that shootings were additionally carried out on the roads of the city, as reported by a study issued by the academic research center.

One witness who provided testimony stated he had observed "many of our kin getting massacred - they were assembled in a specific area and each one murdered."

RSF Commanders Seek to Implement Reputation Management

Following the events that ensued from the killings, militia leader conceded that his troops had perpetrated "atrocities" and stated the incidents would be investigated.

Included among apprehended was subsequent to a analysis recording his killings. Deliberately orchestrated and edited recording posted on the paramilitary's official Telegram platform show him being taken into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of the city.

Meanwhile, the militia and associated digital channels started trying to reframe the narrative.

Content presenting its combatants handing out aid to residents were disseminated by several users, while the paramilitary's public relations unit released several videos claiming to display the proper treatment of army detainees.

In spite of the online initiative being employed by the paramilitary, their conduct in el-Fasher have generated global condemnation.