02 December 2025 | CPJ
Sudanese journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman killed by RSF paramilitary in EL-Fasher
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The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an urgent investigation into the killing of journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman, director of the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) office in Sudan’s western city of El-Fasher, after reports that fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces executed him and his brother in their home.
On October 26, the RSF, a paramilitary group born from the Janjaweed militias and accused by the European Union of ethnically-motivated crimes, claimed full control of El-Fasher. The city, besieged by the RSF for 18 months, was the group’s final barrier to controlling all of Darfur and establishing a parallel government in the region.
In a statement on November 27, SUNA said Suleiman had reported and documented developments in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, until he went missing during the RSF takeover. The agency stated that he was killed in the Al-Daraga neighborhood, when RSF fighters entered his home and allegedly executed him and his brother.
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