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Militiamen chuckle as they ride on the rear of a pick-up truck, hurrying alongside a row of nine lifeless forms and heading in the direction of the sinking African sunset.

"Observe such accomplishment. See this genocide," a fighter exclaims.

He smiles as he points the camera on his own face and his fellow militiamen, their paramilitary identification clearly shown: "The victims will all die in this manner."

The men are exulting in a massacre that relief organizations fear resulted in the deaths of in excess of thousands of people in the Sudan's urban center of the Darfur city last month.

A City Severed from the Outside

After maintaining the urban area under siege for approximately two years, from August the RSF advanced to reinforce its control and restrict the remaining civilian population.

Orbital photography reveal that troops began to erect a immense sand wall - a raised sand barrier - encircling the boundaries of al-Fashir, blocking access routes and halting humanitarian assistance.

During the encirclement intensified, 78 people were killed in an militia assault on a place of worship on 19 September, while the UN said 53 more were killed in aerial and cannon strikes on a displacement camp in fall.

Explicit Recording Shows Weaponless Individuals Gunned Down

At dawn on late October the RSF overwhelmed the last army defenses and took control of the central headquarters in the community, the headquarters of the Military Unit, as the military pulled back.

Perhaps the most graphic footage to surface and studied showed the consequences of a massacre at a university building on the west of the city, where scores lifeless forms were observed scattered throughout the area.

An older man wearing a traditional garment was seated by himself amongst the victims. The man looked to gaze as a fighter carrying with a rifle proceeded down the steps towards the individual. pointing his firearm, the shooter discharged a single bullet at the individual, who dropped to the ground still.

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

Satellite images captured on 26 October appeared to confirm that executions were also conducted on the roads of the city, based on a study published by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

An observer who communicated said the individual had observed "numerous of our relatives being massacred - these individuals were collected in a specific area and all killed."

RSF Commanders Seek to Conduct Reputation Management

In the days that came after the killings, paramilitary commander admitted that his fighters had committed "wrongdoings" and said the incidents would be examined.

Included among detained was after a investigation documenting his killings. Meticulously choreographed and modified video posted on the RSF's official messaging platform reveal him being escorted into a cell at a prison on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and affiliated online accounts started attempting to reframe the narrative.

Posts depicting its fighters providing assistance to civilians were shared by various individuals, while the force's media office shared multiple videos purporting to demonstrate the humane management of military prisoners of war.

Despite the online effort being employed by the paramilitary, their activities in al-Fashir have sparked global outrage.