A series of attacks across Blue Nile and Kordofan states this week left dozens of civilians dead, including children, as fighting between the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and allied groups continues to spread into new regions of the country. Drone strike on displaced civilians in Blue Nile A Sudanese army drone strike […]
A Sudanese court has sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to death in absentia over the 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar. The ruling, issued Sunday by the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court sitting in Port Sudan, marks the first court verdict against […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted, without a vote, its first resolution focused specifically on El Obeid (A/HRC/62/L.48), the North Kordofan city facing an intensifying campaign of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) violence following 18 months of siege-like conditions. The resolution follows an emergency session convened after rights groups called on the Council to […]
CategoriesAbduction Arbitrary Detention Arbitrary Killings Arrest Human rights Ransom Report RSF Security SituationAfter the fall of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces turned arbitrary detention into a criminal enterprise targeting thousands of civilians. March 2026 On 26 October 2025, El Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur not under RSF control fell after more than 500 days of siege. As tens of thousands of civilians fled, RSF […]
On the first day of Ramadan, the village of Um Rasuma in West Kordofan State became the site of a devastating drone strike that killed 26 civilians, including 15 children, and wounded 14 others. The attack targeted residents gathering at the village’s main water source to secure drinking water for their families. The strike occurred at approximately […]
CategoriesAbduction Arbitrary Killings Arrest Forced Evictions Human rights Ransom RSF Security Situation TortureOctober 26, 2025 marked one of the darkest days in Darfur’s ongoing crisis. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized El-Fasher, North Darfur’s capital and the Sudanese army’s last major stronghold in the region, after 18 months of brutal siege. What followed was systematic violence against civilians—mass killings, sexual assault, extortion, and forced starvation. This report […]
Armed fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) abducted more than a dozen girls and killed a civilian woman along the El Fasher–Tawila route in North Darfur between October 20 and 22, 2025, according to information gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) through field monitors and eyewitness interviews. On October 20, RSF […]
Four civilians were killed in the village of Al-Qirbin in Sennar state on Saturday, August 9, after being shot by a member of a local militia, in an incident that highlights the growing danger posed by armed groups operating with impunity across Sudan. The killings have been condemned by rights groups as a flagrant violation […]
On the evening of Monday, June 23, 2025, at approximately 5:00 PM, Mr. Habib Abkar, a 35-year-old civilian and graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the University of Zalingei (10th cohort, majoring in Management), was shot and robbed by armed assailants near the Mournei Bridge, a key crossing between Central and […]
CategoriesArbitrary Killings Assault Global Advocacy HomeArbitrary Killings Human rights Report RSF Security SituationDate of Incident: June 10, 2025Time: 8:00 PM Location: Shangil Tobay IDP Camp – Block 9Under the leadership of Sheikh Saleh ZakariaNorth Darfur, Sudan Victim Information: Incident Summary: On the evening of June 10, 2025, three armed individuals wearing Rapid Support Forces (RSF) uniforms entered the home of the victim, Mohammadin Osman Abdullah, and demanded […]
