Ten days of RSF attacks in Darfur left at least 89 people dead between August 11 and August 20, with the actual toll likely higher. The attacks took place in el-Fasher and the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, areas already under siege and bombardment. At least 57 people were killed on August 11 and 32 more between August 16 and 20. Sixteen of the recent killings appear to have been summary executions. The dead included members of the Zaghawa and Berti communities. The violence occurs amid a wider power struggle since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands and left el-Fasher besieged.
Ten days of brutal attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have left at least 89 people dead in the western region of Darfur, the United Nations High commissioner for human rights says. Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the rival RSF. The fighting has killed tens of thousands.
The recent RSF attacks occurred between August 11 and August 20 in el-Fasher and the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for commissioner Volker Turk, said in a Geneva press briefing on Friday. Brutal attacks by the RSF resulted in the killing of at least 89 civilians over a 10-day period up to August 20, the UN human rights office said. We fear the actual number of civilians killed is likely higher, Laurence added.
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