Activist recounts ordeal as RSF seizes el-Fasher

After the RSF said it had overrun el-Fasher following an 18‑month siege that blocked aid and engineered famine, activist Mouawia recounted a harrowing escape through a so‑called safe corridor. At repeated checkpoints, fighters hurled slurs, beat him, seized money and phones, and forced a ransom paid via an RSF Starlink station before he reached Tawila. His story spans months of volunteer relief: reopening a clinic, feeding displaced families, then shifting as RSF drone strikes hit community kitchens and hospitals became military zones. Now in Tawila, he fears for civilians still trapped in North Darfur’s capital.