{
  "id": 17659811,
  "title": "A year after the fall of El Fasher, Sudan's war has left a ghost town in its wake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/a-year-after-the-fall-of-el-fasher-sudans-war-has-left-a-ghost-town",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T18:37:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261101-one-year-after-the-fall-of-el-fasher-sudan-s-war-has-left-a-ghost-town-in-its-wake"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A year after paramilitary forces at war with the Sudanese army captured the strategic city of El Fasher, survivors and aid workers report that the capital of North Darfur state remains largely abandoned. Some residents are too scared to return, while thousands are still missing – many held in deplorable conditions in overcrowded prisons.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}