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Combatants chuckle as they ride on the bed of a transport truck, racing past a series of nine dead bodies and heading facing the setting African sunset.

"Look at all this work. See this instance of mass destruction," one cheers.

The individual beams as he points the recording device on his own face and his fellow militiamen, their Rapid Support Forces badges clearly shown: "They will all perish this way."

The men are celebrating a mass killing that aid workers fear killed over 2,000 civilians in the Sudanese urban center of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A City Isolated from the Globe

Following their control of the urban area under blockade for almost two years, from the summer the RSF advanced to strengthen its position and blockade the surviving inhabitants.

Satellite images demonstrate that fighters commenced to construct a immense earth barrier - a elevated earthen wall - around the boundaries of al-Fashir, sealing off entry points and blocking relief supplies.

While the blockade intensified, multiple individuals were killed in an paramilitary attack on a place of worship on mid-September, while the UN reported dozens further were murdered in unmanned aircraft and heavy weapon attacks on a displacement camp in fall.

Explicit Recording Shows Defenseless Individuals Gunned Down

In the early morning on late October the RSF overwhelmed the last army strongholds and took control of the primary headquarters in the urban area, the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division, as the army withdrew.

Perhaps the most graphic recordings to surface and analysed revealed the results of a atrocity at a campus structure on the western side of the city, where dozens corpses were observed scattered across the floor.

An elderly man dressed in a traditional garment remained isolated surrounded by the corpses. He looked to look as a fighter equipped with a weapon walked down the stairs facing him. Raising his rifle, the shooter discharged a one shot at the victim, who fell to the floor lifeless.

"How come is this individual even living," one fighter exclaimed. "Shoot this person."

Satellite images recorded on 26 October appeared to verify that executions were also conducted on the roads of al-Fashir, as reported by a report released by the academic research center.

An observer who communicated stated he had observed "multiple of our kin being killed - the victims were gathered in one place and all eliminated."

Paramilitary Commanders Attempt to Conduct Reputation Management

Following the events that ensued from the massacre, militia commander acknowledged that his forces had perpetrated "atrocities" and said the events would be examined.

Included among detained was subsequent to a analysis documenting his executions. Carefully orchestrated and produced video shared on the militia's official messaging channel show him being escorted into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of el-Fasher.

Meanwhile, the RSF and affiliated social media accounts began seeking to reshape the story.

Content presenting its fighters handing out assistance to residents were disseminated by various individuals, while the paramilitary's public relations unit shared several videos purporting to demonstrate the proper handling of army detainees.

Regardless of the social media campaign being used by the RSF, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked worldwide condemnation.