Rapid Support Forces Execute 13 Civilians, Mostly Women Children, in Darfur

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a brutal attack in the Darfur region, killing at least 13 civilians, predominantly women, children, and elderly individuals, on a rural road connecting el-Fasher to Tweila. The Sudan Doctors Network condemned the massacre as part of an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide targeting unarmed civilians, describing it as a war crime and crime against humanity. This atrocity follows RSF shelling of a hospital in el-Fasher, injuring patients and healthcare workers, amid an intensified RSF siege on the city, which has cut off supplies to hundreds of thousands. The conflict, which erupted into full-scale civil war in April 2023 between the RSF and Sudanese army, has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, millions displaced, and severe humanitarian crises including famine risks. Calls have been made by local groups and the Sudan Doctors Network for urgent international intervention and UN action to halt the RSF's ongoing ethnic cleansing and atrocities in Darfur. Despite international condemnation, the RSF has yet to respond to these specific attacks, while the violence and blockade worsen conditions for civilians in the region.