Survivors of the bloody takeover of El-Fasher walked for days through the desert, past bodies and armed men who humiliated them, desperate to escape the Sudanese city now overrun by paramilitary forces.

Several gave harrowing accounts to AFP, describing scenes of terror as nearly 100,000 people fled the last army stronghold in western Darfur after its fall to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on October 26.

Now sheltering at Al-Dabbah refugee camp in Northern State, about 770 kilometres (480 miles) to the northeast, they say they saw bodies scattered on the roadside and endured hunger, thirst and repeated assaults -- a journey one described as "like a horror movie".

Local authorities say around 50,000 people have reached Al-Dabbah since the RSF besieged El-Fasher in May 2024.

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