Sudan's RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says

Sudan's RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, More than 6,000 people were killed in el-Fasher last year, the UN says ByBarbara Plett Usher, Africa correspondent and Wycliffe MuiaPublished37 minutes agoSudanese paramilitaries committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their campaign to seize the city of el-Fasher last year, a rights group report says. The siege and takeover of the city in the western region of Darfur marked one of the bloodiest episodes in Sudan's civil war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)."The RSF's crimes included murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other forms of sexual violence, enslavement, extermination and persecution," said an Amnesty investigations released on Wednesday, external. The RSF has acknowledged some violations but insists the scale of the atrocities is being exaggerated.Sudan remains locked in a three‑year power struggle between the regular army and the RSF paramilitaries. The ongoing civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people, and forced more than 14 million people from their homes. Widespread sexual violence against men, women and children is being used as a weapon of war, the UN says.Both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been accused of atrocities.After being forced out of the capital, Khartoum, in March last year, the RSF shifted its focus to the Kordofan region and the city of el-Fasher. A simple guide to what is happening in SudanPublished13 November 2025'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacrePublished7 November 2025Amnesty believes RSF fighters committed grave human rights violations in and around el-Fasher during its 18-month siege of the city. "Children were not collateral damage of this violence – often, they were deliberately targeted and have suffered imme...