Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, and his team are analyzing satellite photos to monitor the mass killing this week of civilians in el-Fasher, Darfur, by Sudanese paramilitary forces.
What they see is evidence of genocide unfolding in real time, images consistent with “house-to-house killings” by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and “bodies on the ground throughout multiple areas of el-Fasher,” Raymond told reporters.
Raymond was among a group of human rights and humanitarian aid workers who briefed reporters on what they say is a scale of violence unseen since the mass killings of civilians in Bosnia, Srebrenica, and an earlier wave of genocide a generation ago in Darfur.
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Colum Lynch
Colum Lynch is an award-winning reporter and Senior Global Reporter for Devex. He covers the intersection of development, diplomacy, and humanitarian relief at the United Nations and beyond. Prior to Devex, Colum reported on foreign policy and national security for Foreign Policy Magazine and the Washington Post. Colum was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for digital reporting for his blog Turtle Bay. He has also won an award for groundbreaking reporting on the U.N.’s failure to protect civilians in Darfur.
