UN experts say destruction by Sudan's rebels in el-Fasher in October bears 'hallmarks of genocide'

UN experts say destruction by Sudan's rebels in el-Fasher in October bears 'hallmarks of genocide'

U.N.-backed investigators say Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have carried out a campaign in the city of el-Fasher in the Darfur region that shows “hallmarks of genocide” against non-Arab communities. The fact-finding mission says the group inflicted mass killings and…

UN investigators flag “genocide characteristics” in RSF campaign in El-Fasher

United Nations-backed investigators have found that Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a coordinated campaign of destruction against non-Arab communities in and around el-Fasher, in North Darfur, with patterns of violence that bear the hallmarks of genocide. According to the report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, RSF forces engaged in ethnically ta…