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Fighters smirk as they move on the bed of a transport truck, speeding by a line of several corpses and moving towards the descending Sudanese sunset.

"Look at such effort. Observe this instance of ethnic cleansing," a combatant shouts.

The individual grins as he directs the camera on himself and his fellow combatants, their Rapid Support Forces insignia on display: "These people are all going to be killed this way."

These individuals are exulting in a atrocity that relief organizations believe killed in excess of thousands of civilians in the Sudanese city of the Darfur city in recent weeks.

A Community Cut Off from the Outside

After maintaining the urban area under siege for nearly an extended period, from late summer the RSF proceeded to strengthen its dominance and blockade the leftover inhabitants.

Satellite images show that fighters began to erect a massive earth barrier - a raised sand barrier - surrounding the edges of the city, closing entry points and blocking relief supplies.

During the encirclement escalated, seventy-eight individuals were killed in an militia attack on a place of worship on September 19th, while the United Nations reported 53 additional were murdered in unmanned aircraft and artillery strikes on a refugee settlement in October.

Disturbing Video Shows Defenseless Individuals Executed

In the early morning on late October the paramilitary force defeated the final military positions and captured the primary headquarters in the community, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the military withdrew.

Perhaps the most horrific videos to emerge and examined showed the results of a massacre at a university building on the west of the community, where dozens lifeless forms were seen scattered throughout the area.

A senior man wearing a white tunic remained alone surrounded by the corpses. The man looked to look as a militiaman equipped with a weapon moved along the steps in the direction of him. Raising his firearm, the shooter fired a solitary shot at the individual, who dropped to the floor lifeless.

"For what reason is this one still breathing," a fighter exclaimed. "Execute him."

Satellite images recorded on October 26th appeared to confirm that executions were furthermore conducted on the streets of al-Fashir, as reported by a analysis issued by the university analysis team.

One witness who communicated reported he had observed "many of our kin being massacred - the victims were assembled in one place and each one killed."

RSF Commanders Seek to Implement Reputation Management

In the days that ensued from the atrocity, RSF commander acknowledged that his fighters had committed "violations" and announced the incidents would be investigated.

Among those arrested was following a investigation recording his executions. Deliberately choreographed and edited video published on the militia's formal Telegram platform reveal the commander being led into a detention area at a detention facility on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and associated social media channels started seeking to alter the narrative.

Posts presenting its combatants handing out supplies to residents were disseminated by some accounts, while the force's media office released several clips purporting to display the compassionate management of military prisoners of war.

In spite of the digital effort being used by the militia, their actions in el-Fasher have provoked global outrage.