RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF)

U.N.-backed human rights investigators called Friday for the establishment of an "independent and impartial force" to safeguard civilians in Sudan, condemning both warring sides for war crimes such as murder, mutilation and torture. They also warned that foreign governments supplying arms or financial support could be complicit. In their first report since being formed by the U.N.'s main human rights body last October, the fact-finding team further accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and…

Death Knell for El-Fasher's Last Operational Hospital Amidst Ongoing Conflict in Darfur Sudanese paramilitary forces have launched an assault aimed at dominating a vital urban center in Darfur, effectively closing the last functional hospital in the area, as reported by the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For over a year, a fierce conflict has engulfed Sudan, pitting the regular army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by his…

Tragic Attack Claims Lives in Wad Alnoura, Sudan On Wednesday, local activists reported that a brutal assault by the Sudanese paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), resulted in the deaths of no fewer than 100 individuals in the village of Wad Alnoura, located in Gezira State. Should these figures be confirmed, this incident marks yet another brutal chapter in the RSF's ongoing campaign of violence against small villages throughout the agrarian region. This campaign intensified after the group seized control of…

Genocidal Accusations Against Sudan’s Paramilitary Forces in Darfur