"More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed "a wave of intense violence shocking in its scale and brutality" in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations. The Rapid Support Forces' offensive to capture the city of el-Fasher included widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released on Friday."
"'The wanton violations that were perpetrated by the RSF and allied Arab militia in the final offensive on el-Fasher underscore that persistent impunity fuels continued cycles of violence,' said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. The RSF and their allied Arab militias, known as Janjaweed, overran el-Fasher, the Sudanese army's only remaining stronghold in Darfur, on Oct. 26 and rampaged through the city and its surroundings after more than 18 months of siege."
"The 29-page U.N. report detailed a set of atrocities that ranged from mass killings and summary executions, sexual violence, abductions for ransom, torture and ill-treatment to detention and disappearances. In many cases, the attacks were ethnicity-motivated, it said. The RSF did not respond to an e-mailed request for comment. The paramilitaries' Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo has previously acknowledged abuses by his fighters, but disputed the scale of atrocities."
More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days during an RSF offensive to capture el-Fasher in late October. The offensive involved widespread atrocities amounting to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. The assault included mass killings, summary executions, sexual violence, abductions for ransom, torture, ill-treatment, detention and disappearances, often motivated by ethnicity. RSF and allied Janjaweed militias overran el-Fasher on Oct. 26 after an 18-month siege of the city. The violence took place amid a conflict since April 2023 that created the world's largest humanitarian crisis and pushed parts of the country into famine.
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