Sudan: West Darfur El-Geneina. Mistrei village has witnessed the massacre and killing of approximately 60 civilians and more than 50 wounded. Houses were looted and burnt down and numerous people displaced to the IDP camp:

On July, 26, 2020 Mistrei village in West Darfur El Geneina was attacked from all directions by armed militias of the Arab tribe. The incident which has been raging on since five days ago left dozens of people dead and injured, several villages and houses burned down, and an unconfirmed number of people newly displaced in the camp.

According to reports by the Doctors Committee in West Darfur, preliminary data collected showed 60 were killed and 54 wounded, some of whom were evacuated to Al-Selah Medical Hospital in El Geneina.

The attacks were reportedly organized by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) supported by around 500 armed Arab militias, some of whom reportedly came from Chad. The attackers were riding in motor vehicles, camels, horses and some were on foot.  They attacked with heavy weapons and machine guns.

This is the second major attack by armed militias in Misterei during in that week, following the attack on peaceful demonstrators on July 17, 2020 which incident left 17 civilians injured. It is noteworthy that the peaceful sit-ins were beginning to take place in different cities and across other areas of Darfur to protest and also demand protection against armed militias who continue to attack civilians on their farms as well as engage in the wanton destruction of their livelihood.

As we remember the casualties, we extend our heartfelt condolences and best wishes for a speedy recovery to those who have been affected in these incidents.

Names of those massacred in Misterei:

1- Ahmed Abkar Yagoub

2 – Isaac Adam Jacob

3 – Ibrahim Abdul Rahman

4 – Abdul Rahman Jama

5 – Al-Nur Qamar Al-Din Ishaq

6 – Adel Jama Mohammed

7 – Ali Abdullah Dawood

8 – Yousif Ibrahim Musa

9 – Taha Mohammed Adam

10 – Ismail Tawja Khater

11 – Qasima Isaac Guma.

12 – Adam Ali Ahmed

13 – Sheriff Mohammed Yahiya

14 – Qamar Al-Din Yahiya Abaker

15 – Bilal Ali Mohammed

16 – Mohammed Ismail Abdullah

18 – Nazir Abdullah Abdul Karim

19 – Ezzeldin Abdullah Abdul Karim

20 – Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed

21 – Abdul Rahman Yagoub Qamar

22 – Aisha Mohammed Idris

23 – Yagoub Muhammed Tujah

24 – Qamar Al-Din Suleiman Arbab

25 – Qassim Abdul Rahman Zakaria

26 – Adam Khater Arbab

27 – Adam Dawood

28 – Guma khamis Abaker

29 – Ahmed Mohamed Al-Zein

30 – Yagoub Abdullah Mohammed

31 – Mohammed Adam Abdullah

32 – Ahmed Suleiman Ali

33 – Abaker Abdullah Hamad

34 – Abdo Mohammed Ezzeddin

35 – Khamis Adam Mohammed

36 – Noureddin Suleiman

37 – Mohammed Abdullah Yahya

38 – Al-Taher Abdullah Abdullah

39 – Zakaria Mohammed Abdullah

40 – Maryam Zakaria Mohammed

41 – Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Mohammed

42 – Fasting on Friday Mohammed

43 – Mir Juma Mohammed

44 – Hussein Adam Yahya

45 – Idris Adam Ismail

46 – Mohammed Yaqoub Yunus

47 – Abdullah Abdullah Ibrahim

48 – Yaqoub Abdullah Ibrahim

49 – Abu Bakr Abdullah

50 – Guma Khamis Abdullah

51 – Hadi Isaac Khamsa

52 –Guma Arbab Alnor

53 – Hawa Yahiya Haroun

54 – Abdel Aziz Yahya Ibrahim

55 – Nasr al-Din Abdullah Abdullah

56 – Mohammed Abkar Abdul Karim

57 – Al-Nazir Mansour Hafez

58 – Hindi Faisal Abdul Karim

59 – Aziza Mohammed Musa

60 – Hawa Abdul Rahman Guma

Names of the injured:

1- Yagoub guma, 55

2- Ibrahim Khamis Ahmed, 18.

3- Abdul-Raheem Arbab, 25.

4- Khamis Adam, 25 years old.

5- Ibrahim Ishaq Mohammed, 42.

6- Mohammed Adam guma, 70.

7- Abdo Arbab Younis, 32.

8- Abdullah Awad Abdul Rahim, 52.

9- Abdul Majeed Abdullah Hassan, 21.

10- Ahmed Khater Mohammed, 40.

11 Khater Adam Abdullah, 80.

12- Rawda Hassan Mohammed, 35.

13 Halima Khater Ahmad, 35.

14- Kultoum Arbab, 75.

15- Ibrahim Ahmad Fadl, 37 years old.

16 – Ismail Ahmed Khamis, 18.

17 – Abu Bakr Ishaq, 20.

18 – Al-Sadiq Mohammed Juma, 32 years old.

19 – Abdo Hassan Arbab.

20- Bara Adam Youssef, 70 years old.

21- Zidan Mohammed, 10 years old.

22- Osman Musa Ibrahim.

23- Muzammil Faisal, 21 years old.

24- Adam Musa Ibrahim, 12.

25- Hind Abdullah Ibrahim, 20.

26- Fatima Yagoub Idress, 70.

27-Naima Hassan Idress, 15 years old.

28- Fatima Yagoub Ibrahim, 40.

29- Saami Arbab Dawood, 28.

30 Zainab Ishaq Ismail, 20.

31- Samia Matar Abdullah, 15.

32- Gabriel Arbab Guma, 40.

33- Al-Tayeb Abdo Matar, 25.

34- Bashir Abkar Adam, 33.

35- Noha Ishaq Ibrahim, 18.

36- Hajar Hassan Mohammed, 24.

37 – Ibrahim Abdullah, 30.

38- Elias Abkar Awad, 32.

39- Mohammed Adam Ali, 31.

40- Sana Mohammed Abdul Karim, 19.

41- Hussein guma, the oldest 35.

42- Abdul-Majeed Mohammed Haroon, 30.

43-Aziza Abdullah Adam, 55.

44- Mohammed Abdul Rahman Abdullah, 50.

45-Suzan Al-Nadhif, 6 years old.

46- Maryam Ibrahim Ahmed, 25.

47- Suleiman Ali Ismail, 70.

48- Matar Adam Mahmoud, 75.

49- Adam Khater, 12 years old.

50- Amani Ibrahim Hamad, 20.

51- Mohammed Ali Khamis, 22 years old.

52- Nasser Yahiya, 28.

53- Mohammed guma Adam, 50 years old.

54- Ammar Sharaf Al-Din, 12 years old.

Darfur Network for Monitoring and Documentation (DNMD) condemns the arbitrary attacks on civilians in West Darfur, El Geneina and calls on:

• The Transitional Government of Sudan to take urgent action to investigate violations of human rights and ensure perpetrators will be held to account.
• Also appeals to the United Nations and the African Union not to turn their backs on the people in Darfur who depend on the peacekeepers and to continue to protect them from attacks by armed militias.

Calls on UNAMID to fulfil its mandate to contribute to the protection of the civilian population under imminent threat of physical violence, prevent attacks against civilians within its capability and areas of deployment.

• Appeals to UN Panel of Experts on Sudan to take into account these reports in their regular review of the situation on the ground according to their mandate of monitoring violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.

For more information, contact Mohammed Hassan, Executive Director, DNMD at email: [email protected] and on Tel: (+256)752792112 (+249)924638036.