In late 2025, as one of western Sudan’s largest cities fell to RSF paramilitary forces, videos of mass killings went viral online. Three weeks later, a Reuters team was among the first journalists on the ground in neighbouring Chad to meet hundreds of survivors arriving at the border.
Reporter Reade Levinson interviewed friends and family of some of those killed in the videos. They spoke about the violence they endured and the people they lost. We analyzed hundreds of visuals, identifying senior commanders present during what the U.N. would term "hallmarks of genocide."
This documentary — a Reuters first — is the most complete visual reconstruction to date of those three days of terror.
As one survivor said, "We witnessed horrors that can't be described."
