Global News Podcast Sudan civil war: the terrifying escape from El Fasher
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Dec 1, 2025 
Barbara Platt-Asher, a BBC correspondent in Sudan, shares harrowing accounts from a camp where survivors fled El Fasher. Witnesses recount brutal killings and atrocities committed by RSF fighters, including sexual violence at checkpoints. James Cook dives into the political turmoil surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request in Israel. Meanwhile, Sean Dilley discusses US shuttle diplomacy efforts for peace in Ukraine. Elizabeth Surkov offers a gripping first-person narrative of her torture and captivity in Iraq, highlighting the lasting scars of trauma.
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El Fasher's Fall Draws Global Attention
- The fall of El Fasher intensified international focus because of widespread accounts of brutality, killing and rape by RSF fighters.
- Survivors' testimonies in army-controlled camps are driving renewed calls for accountability amid the wider Sudan conflict.
Harrowing Escape From El Fasher
- Mohammed Abakar Ahmed Adam described seeing people shot and bodies left unburied on the road as they fled El Fasher.
- He and others recounted rape, killings and mass panic during the RSF advance that forced multiple displacements.
Young Woman's Loss On The Road
- A 19-year-old woman told Barbara Platt-Asher how RSF fighters took a girl from her group at a checkpoint and they never saw her again.
- She also described losing her grandmother during the escape and the family's desperate journey on foot.