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Fighters laugh as they move on the bed of a pick-up truck, speeding by a series of multiple lifeless forms and heading in the direction of the setting Sudanese evening sky.

"Observe all this work. See this instance of ethnic cleansing," one shouts.

He beams as he points the recording device on his own face and his companion militiamen, their paramilitary badges visible: "They will all be killed like this."

The men are exulting in a mass killing that aid workers suspect killed over two thousand civilians in the African urban center of el-Fasher last month.

An Urban Center Severed from the World

Having held the urban area under encirclement for almost 24 months, from August the paramilitary force advanced to reinforce its control and blockade the surviving civilian population.

Satellite images show that fighters began to construct a enormous berm - a raised earthen wall - encircling the edges of the city, closing access routes and preventing relief supplies.

During the encirclement escalated, multiple civilians were murdered in an paramilitary attack on a mosque on mid-September, while the United Nations stated fifty-three more were slain in drone and cannon attacks on a makeshift community in the autumn.

Graphic Footage Shows Weaponless People Shot

By sunrise on October 26th the paramilitary force conquered the remaining military positions and captured the primary compound in the urban area, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the army retreated.

Among the most disturbing footage to emerge and studied revealed the results of a atrocity at a campus structure on the west of the urban area, where numerous corpses were visible scattered across the area.

An older person wearing a traditional garment was seated alone amongst the corpses. He rotated to look as a militiaman armed with a rifle walked down the steps towards the victim. pointing his rifle, the fighter released a single bullet at the victim, who fell to the surface still.

"How come is this one still breathing," a fighter cried. "Kill this one."

Satellite images recorded on late October indicated to confirm that executions were additionally conducted on the streets of el-Fasher, as reported by a analysis issued by the academic research center.

One eyewitness who spoke stated they had seen "multiple of our relatives getting killed - these individuals were collected in a specific area and all killed."

Paramilitary Officers Attempt to Implement Damage Control

Following the events that followed the killings, paramilitary chief acknowledged that his forces had perpetrated "atrocities" and said the incidents would be examined.

Among those arrested was following a analysis documenting his murders. Carefully staged and produced footage published on the RSF's official social media platform show the individual being escorted into a prison room at a prison on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and associated social media profiles began attempting to alter the story.

Posts depicting its militiamen handing out supplies to civilians were circulated by various users, while the paramilitary's public relations unit shared numerous clips claiming to show the compassionate treatment of military detainees.

In spite of the online initiative being used by the RSF, their activities in al-Fashir have sparked global outrage.