"The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group carried out a coordinated campaign of destruction against non-Arab communities in and around the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, the hallmarks of which point to genocide, United Nations-backed experts have said. El-Fasher was the last stronghold of the Sudanese army in the sprawling region of Darfur in the west of the country, until it fell to the RSF in late October last year. The two sides have been fighting a vicious civil war since April 2023."
"In a new report on Thursday, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan said RSF fighters were responsible for atrocities after an 18-month siege on el-Fasher, during which they imposed conditions calculated to bring about the physical destruction of non-Arab communities, in particular the Zaghawa and the Fur communities. The scale, coordination, and public endorsement of the operation by senior RSF leadership demonstrate that the crimes committed in and around el-Fasher were not random excesses of war,"
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a coordinated campaign of destruction against non‑Arab communities in and around el‑Fasher. El‑Fasher fell to the RSF after an 18‑month siege and had been the last Sudanese army stronghold in Darfur. RSF actions included killings, rape, torture, and imposition of conditions calculated to bring about the physical destruction of non‑Arab communities, notably the Zaghawa and Fur. The operation displayed scale, coordination, and public endorsement by senior RSF leadership, indicating planning and intent. Under the 1948 Genocide Convention, a genocide assessment can be made if any one of five enumerated acts is committed with intent to destroy a protected group.
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