The bloodshed in Sudan is visible from space

Up to 400,000 people have died in over two years of civil war in Sudan, though the true toll is impossible to measure. | Vantor via Getty Images

The carnage in the Sudanese city of El Fasher has become so severe that the blood stains can be seen from space.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — which attacked the capital of Khartoum two years ago, kicking off a brutal civil war — finally took over El Fasher last week. The RSF’s capture of the stronghold follows an 18-month siege that left some 150,000 people trapped in El Fasher, forcing them to live off of rainwater and animal feed. Amid a total communication blackout, satellite imagery and geolocated social media posts are among the only pieces of