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Fighters chuckle as they travel on the bed of a pick-up truck, racing by a series of multiple dead bodies and heading towards the setting African evening sky.

"Observe this extensive accomplishment. See this instance of ethnic cleansing," a fighter cheers.

The individual beams as he directs the camera on his own face and his fellow fighters, their paramilitary badges clearly shown: "They are all going to die this way."

These individuals are exulting in a massacre that aid workers believe claimed the lives of more than thousands of people in the Sudan's metropolis of el-Fasher last month.

A City Severed from the Outside

Having held the urban area under siege for nearly two years, from late summer the militia moved to reinforce its dominance and blockade the remaining residents.

Orbital photography demonstrate that forces started to erect a massive sand wall - a built-up earthen wall - surrounding the perimeter of el-Fasher, closing access routes and blocking humanitarian assistance.

While the blockade worsened, seventy-eight civilians were murdered in an RSF strike on a place of worship on mid-September, while the UN said dozens more were slain in drone and cannon attacks on a displacement camp in fall.

Disturbing Footage Shows Defenseless Civilians Shot

In the early morning on 26 October the RSF overwhelmed the remaining army strongholds and took control of the primary base in the city, the headquarters of the Military Unit, as the government forces retreated.

Among the most horrific footage to appear and analysed showed the results of a mass killing at a campus structure on the western side of the city, where scores corpses were visible strewn across the ground.

A senior man dressed in a traditional garment was seated isolated amid the corpses. The individual rotated to look as a fighter carrying with a weapon walked descending the staircase in the direction of the individual. pointing his weapon, the gunman fired a one shot at the man, who dropped to the floor motionless.

"Why is this one yet alive," another combatant exclaimed. "Kill this person."

Satellite images captured on 26 October appeared to verify that killings were also carried out on the thoroughfares of the city, according to a study issued by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One eyewitness who communicated reported he had seen "multiple of our relatives getting massacred - the victims were collected in a single location and each one eliminated."

RSF Leaders Seek to Implement Reputation Management

Following the events that followed the massacre, RSF chief admitted that his troops had perpetrated "wrongdoings" and announced the events would be looked into.

Among those arrested was following a analysis detailing his executions. Deliberately staged and produced video posted on the militia's official Telegram account reveal him being led into a cell at a jail on the edges of the city.

Meanwhile, the RSF and connected social media profiles started seeking to alter the narrative.

Content presenting its fighters handing out assistance to inhabitants were shared by several accounts, while the militia's public relations unit released multiple recordings claiming to display the humane handling of army prisoners of war.

Despite the online effort being used by the RSF, their activities in el-Fasher have generated worldwide condemnation.