UN probe says mass killings, rapes, abductions, starvation by Sudan force amount to genocide
The mission said the RSF used siege tactics, sexual violence and starvation against non-Arab communities, and found additional evidence of an intended policy.
- On Wednesday, the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan reported that the RSF committed genocide in Fashir, using mass killings and starvation as intentional policy after capturing the city last year.
- Before capturing Fashir, the RSF imposed a prolonged siege, systematically cutting off access to food, water, and medical supplies; survivors described being raped while bodies of recently killed civilians lay nearby.
- The report identified "indicators of a genocidal path," noting systematic patterns of conduct, while the RSF denied the abuses, claiming accounts were manufactured by enemies during over three years of civil war.
- U.N. human rights chief Volker warned on Friday that a similar "catastrophe" is unfolding around Obeid, where Britain and other states report large-scale atrocities as the RSF masses forces around the city home to more than 83,000 displaced people.
- Following Monday's condemnation by the Human Rights Council, members established an urgent inquiry into abuses in Obeid; the mission's chair, Mohamed Chande Othman, urged the international community to act now to prevent further catastrophe.
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The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan accused the Rapid Support Forces of committing serious violations in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amounting to genocide, including mass killings, abduction and rape of women and girls, and the use of starvation as a weapon against civilians...
UN investigators provide additional evidence of genocide by RSF in Sudan’s el-Fasher
UN investigators provide additional evidence of genocide by RSF in Sudan’s el-Fasher Submitted by Sondos Asem on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 15:46 Survivor testimony show fresh evidence of rape and mass atrocities during el-Fasher's takeover by the UAE-backed paramilitary Displaced Sudanese people who left El-Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila amid the remains of a fire that broke out in the camp on 11 February 2026 (AFP) Off The United N…
UN says RSF attacks in Sudan conflict amount to genocide
The UN said actions carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s civil war amounted to a genocide, with experts warning of further mass atrocities. Human rights investigators said the RSF encircled El Fasher in an attempt to starve its population, while survivors described being raped in rooms where their recently killed family members lay on the ground. The report comes as the RSF lays siege to El Obeid, where analysts say si…
Geneva. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out mass killings, abductions of women and girls, as well as collective rape and forced deprivation of food in a city they occupied last year as part of an intentional policy amounting to genocide, the United Nations (UN) said yesterday.
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