Sudan civil war: the terrifying escape from El Fasher
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The BBC has visited a camp where people are taking refuge after the fall of Sudan's El Fasher - one of the most brutal chapters of the civil war. People fleeing the besieged city described witnessing atrocities by RSF fighters. Also: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks to be pardoned; an investigation into Georgia's potential use of chemical weapons against anti-government protesters; the US hosts "productive" peace talks to end Ukraine-Russia war; Dignitas founder dies through assisted suicide; the testimony of a woman held captive in Iraq; an update on the rescue operations in flood-hit Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand; the latest from Pope Leo's Lebanon trip; and rage bait is Oxford's word of the year.
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| 0:31.5 | stories. Sudanese people who fled the besieged city of El Fasca give testimony on what |
| 0:37.1 | they witnessed during one of the most |
| 0:38.9 | brutal chapters of the civil war. Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asks President |
| 0:45.1 | Herzog for a formal pardon over his corruption cases, and the BBC investigates claims the Georgian |
| 0:51.6 | authorities may have used chemical weapons against anti-government protesters. |
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| 1:21.2 | The fall of El Fascha just over a month ago was one of the most horrific events in Sudan's civil war. |
| 1:28.1 | The city had been surrounded by the paramilitary rapid support forces for 18 months |
| 1:32.9 | before they eventually broke through, expeling the Sudanese army |
| 1:36.7 | from its last stronghold in the western region of Darfur. |
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