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Combatants chuckle as they ride on the back of a transport truck, hurrying alongside a series of multiple corpses and heading facing the descending African evening sky.

"Observe all this work. Observe this genocide," a fighter exclaims.

The fighter grins as he directs the recording device on himself and his fellow combatants, their RSF identification clearly shown: "They will all perish in this manner."

The men are celebrating a atrocity that aid workers believe claimed the lives of more than two thousand civilians in the African urban center of el-Fasher last month.

A City Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the community under encirclement for nearly 24 months, from late summer the militia advanced to consolidate its control and blockade the leftover civilian population.

Orbital photography show that troops commenced to erect a immense earth barrier - a built-up sand barrier - encircling the perimeter of el-Fasher, closing entry points and preventing aid.

While the blockade escalated, seventy-eight individuals were murdered in an militia attack on a mosque on 19 September, while the United Nations stated fifty-three more were slain in drone and cannon attacks on a displacement camp in October.

Graphic Video Shows Unarmed Civilians Shot

At dawn on October 26th the militia conquered the last government strongholds and seized the central base in the city, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the military pulled back.

One of the most graphic videos to emerge and examined showed the consequences of a atrocity at a educational facility on the western of the community, where dozens lifeless forms were visible strewn over the ground.

A senior man clad in a white tunic sat by himself amongst the bodies. The man turned to gaze as a militiaman carrying with a firearm walked descending the staircase in the direction of the victim. lifting his weapon, the fighter released a one round at the individual, who collapsed to the floor still.

"For what reason is this person even living," one combatant cried. "Execute this one."

Space-based imagery recorded on October 26th seemed to verify that killings were also performed on the thoroughfares of the city, based on a analysis published by the academic research center.

A key observer who spoke said the individual had witnessed "numerous of our kin being massacred - these individuals were gathered in a specific area and each one killed."

Paramilitary Leaders Try to Implement Damage Control

During the period that came after the massacre, militia leader acknowledged that his troops had perpetrated "wrongdoings" and announced the incidents would be investigated.

Part of the apprehended was after a analysis recording his executions. Meticulously staged and edited recording shared on the RSF's formal social media platform depict the individual being escorted into a detention area at a prison on the perimeter of the city.

At the same time, the paramilitary force and connected digital channels commenced trying to reshape the account.

Updates showing its fighters handing out aid to inhabitants were disseminated by some users, while the militia's public relations unit released multiple clips purporting to demonstrate the compassionate handling of military detainees.

Despite the digital effort being deployed by the paramilitary, their activities in el-Fasher have sparked worldwide outrage.