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Combatants laugh as they ride on the back of a utility vehicle, racing alongside a row of nine corpses and heading towards the descending African evening sky.

"Look at all this effort. Observe this instance of ethnic cleansing," a combatant cheers.

The individual grins as he points the recording device on his person and his companion combatants, their RSF insignia visible: "These people are all going to be killed like this."

These individuals are exulting in a massacre that relief organizations believe killed more than two thousand people in the African metropolis of the Darfur city in recent weeks.

A City Severed from the Outside

Following their control of the community under siege for approximately 24 months, from late summer the paramilitary force moved to consolidate its control and prevent access for the remaining civilian population.

Satellite images reveal that fighters commenced to build a massive earth barrier - a elevated sand barrier - around the edges of al-Fashir, closing access routes and halting humanitarian assistance.

During the encirclement escalated, 78 individuals were slain in an militia strike on a religious building on 19 September, while the international organization said 53 additional were murdered in drone and cannon strikes on a refugee settlement in fall.

Explicit Video Reveals Unarmed People Executed

In the early morning on 26 October the RSF overwhelmed the remaining government positions and seized the central base in the community, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the military withdrew.

One of the most graphic videos to emerge and analysed showed the aftermath of a massacre at a educational facility on the western side of the urban area, where numerous lifeless forms were visible scattered over the ground.

An elderly person wearing a robe remained by himself amid the corpses. He looked to glance as a fighter carrying with a weapon proceeded down the staircase facing the individual. Raising his rifle, the fighter released a single round at the man, who dropped to the floor lifeless.

"For what reason is this one yet alive," another combatant exclaimed. "Kill this one."

Space-based imagery captured on October 26th appeared to verify that shootings were additionally carried out on the streets of al-Fashir, based on a report published by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

A key observer who communicated reported they had witnessed "many of our family members getting executed - they were gathered in one place and everyone killed."

Militia Officers Attempt to Conduct Damage Control

Following the events that came after the killings, RSF leader conceded that his fighters had committed "violations" and said the occurrences would be looked into.

Part of the detained was following a investigation detailing his executions. Carefully orchestrated and modified video published on the paramilitary's authorized messaging account show the commander being escorted into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and affiliated online profiles began seeking to reshape the narrative.

Posts depicting its militiamen handing out supplies to inhabitants were circulated by some users, while the militia's public relations unit shared multiple videos allegedly to demonstrate the proper treatment of government detainees.

In spite of the social media initiative being used by the RSF, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked worldwide anger.