“Innocent Christians are being buried alive by Islamic terrorists in Sudan,” reads part of a Facebook post shared on 3 November 2025.
The clip included with the post shows a man crouching inside a coffin, wailing as another man forces the lid down over his head.
The video surfaced online as Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group engage in a power struggle that has been going on for more than two years now.
Fighting has raged since April 2023, pitting the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against those of his former deputy, RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.
The RSF captured El-Fasher, the army’s last major stronghold in western Darfur on 26 October. The takeover was accompanied by reports of mass killings, sexual violence and looting, triggering international condemnation.
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The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions to flee their homes, as recent clashes spread to new regions, raising concerns of an escalating humanitarian disaster.
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A graphic 2016 Mpumalanga coffin-assault video is being falsely repackaged online as evidence of atrocities in Sudan. The clip, which once sparked national outrage and led to attempted-murder con...