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Fighters smirk as they move on the back of a utility vehicle, speeding past a series of multiple dead bodies and driving towards the sinking African evening sky.

"Look at this extensive accomplishment. See this ethnic cleansing," a fighter exclaims.

The individual beams as he directs the video equipment on himself and his companion fighters, their Rapid Support Forces identification visible: "These people will all be killed in this manner."

The men are rejoicing over a massacre that relief organizations believe claimed the lives of over thousands of civilians in the Sudan's urban center of the Darfur city during October.

A City Severed from the Outside

Having held the city under encirclement for approximately an extended period, from August the RSF moved to strengthen its position and prevent access for the remaining residents.

Orbital photography show that forces started to build a enormous earth barrier - a raised dirt embankment - encircling the edges of the city, blocking entry points and halting aid.

As the siege intensified, 78 people were murdered in an paramilitary strike on a place of worship on mid-September, while the UN said fifty-three more were murdered in aerial and artillery strikes on a makeshift community in October.

Graphic Video Reveals Weaponless Civilians Shot

In the early morning on late October the paramilitary force conquered the remaining government positions and seized the primary base in the city, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces retreated.

Among the most horrific footage to emerge and analysed showed the aftermath of a atrocity at a university building on the western of the city, where scores corpses were observed spread over the area.

A senior person wearing a traditional garment sat isolated surrounded by the corpses. The man rotated to look as a fighter carrying with a firearm proceeded along the stairs in the direction of the victim. Raising his rifle, the gunman discharged a solitary round at the victim, who fell to the floor still.

"For what reason is this individual still living," another militiaman cried. "Execute this person."

Satellite images taken on late October indicated to confirm that killings were furthermore carried out on the streets of al-Fashir, as reported by a study released by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One eyewitness who communicated said he had observed "multiple of our kin being executed - these individuals were collected in a single location and everyone eliminated."

RSF Leaders Try to Carry Out Public Relations

Following the events that came after the massacre, RSF commander admitted that his fighters had carried out "wrongdoings" and stated the events would be investigated.

Part of the apprehended was following a investigation recording his murders. Meticulously orchestrated and edited footage posted on the RSF's formal Telegram channel depict the individual being led into a prison room at a detention facility on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

Simultaneously, the paramilitary force and affiliated online accounts began attempting to reframe the account.

Content depicting its combatants providing supplies to residents were circulated by some users, while the force's public relations unit shared numerous clips purporting to show the proper treatment of army detainees.

Despite the digital effort being employed by the paramilitary, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked global outrage.