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According to the United Nations refugee organization, in excess of 60,000 individuals have escaped the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces during the weekend.

Reports indicate summary killings and atrocities as RSF fighters entered the city after an year-and-a-half encirclement featuring food shortages and intense shelling.

The exodus of those escaping the violence towards the community of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had increased in the last several days, as stated by United Nations refugee agency spokesperson.

Survivors were telling shocking accounts of abuses, including rape, and the agency was struggling to locate enough accommodation and food for them.

All children was experiencing undernourishment, she added.

Estimates suggest that in excess of 150,000 people are still unable to leave in el-Fasher, which had been the army's final stronghold in the western part of Darfur.

The Rapid Support Forces has rejected broad claims that the executions in el-Fasher are driven by ethnicity and mirror a trend of the Arab militia groups focusing on non-Arab populations.

However the RSF has arrested one of its fighters, Abu Lulu, who has been charged with on-the-spot executions.

The group distributed video depicting the member's detention following verification that he was behind the killing of numerous unarmed men in the vicinity of el-Fasher.

Social media platform has confirmed that it has removed the account linked to Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had operated the account in his identity.

Sudan was thrown into a civil war in April 2023 following a brutal struggle for power erupted between its army and the Rapid Support Forces.

The conflict has resulted in a starvation emergency and accusations of mass killing in the western Darfur region.

In excess of 150,000 people have lost their lives in the conflict around the country, and approximately 12 million have left their residences in what the UN has termed the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The capture of el-Fasher solidifies the territorial division in the country, with the RSF now in dominance of western Sudan and significant areas of adjacent Kordofan to the south, and the military holding the capital, Khartoum, central and eastern regions along the coastal region.

The opposing sides had been allies - taking over together in a coup in 2021 - but fell out over an internationally backed initiative to move towards democratic governance.