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What's happening in El Fasher?

By Scott Detrow,

Elena Burnett, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Linah Mohammad

Published November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM CST

A Sudanese journalist recounts the violence and mass displacement in her hometown of el-Fasher, North Darfur, after the Rapid Support Forces seized control.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Elena Burnett

Patrick Jarenwattananon

Linah Mohammad

Prior to joining NPR in 2022, Mohammad was a producer on The Washington Post's daily flagship podcast Post Reports, where her work was recognized by multiple awards. She was honored with a Peabody award for her work on an episode on the life of George Floyd.