SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - RSF seizes El Fula, capital of West Kordofan, amidst reports of looting and displacement
Sudan Tribune report that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced that they took control of al-Fula, the capital of West Kordofan state, after the Sudanese army withdrew from its defensive positions and headquarters.
The RSF promptly appointed a governor from its ranks to oversee the state, while a significant number of residents fled to neighbouring areas.
The RSF reportedly engaged in looting in several neighbourhoods, including Al-Salam, Al-Wahda, and Al-Daraja, prompting residents to flee towards the city centre or to neighbouring localities like Al-Odaiya and Al-Nuhud. A volunteer from the El Fula Emergency Room estimated that over 60% of the city’s population had fled shortly after the RSF’s arrival.
Al-Fula had previously taken in displaced individuals from the city of Babanusa and was sheltering approximately 1,618 displaced people, including 324 children and 714 women.