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“We Could Not Breathe Inside Those Containers” RSF’s Systematic Detention, Torture and Extortion in North Darfur

After 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 […]

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The Fall of El-Fasher: RSF Takeover Unleashes Wave of Violence Against Civilians

October 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 […]

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RSF Forces Attack Displacement Camps in Shangil Tobai, North Darfur

Fresh violence erupted on Saturday, 4 October 2025, in Shangil Tobai Administrative Unit, Dar Al-Salam locality, North Darfur State, after a clash inside Nifasha Camp between small truck drivers escalated into a broader assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to eyewitnesses, the incident began around 4:00 p.m. when two businessmen from the Arab […]

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Urgent Humanitarian Update: New Displacement in Tawalla Camp وEl Fasher, North Darfur

Between September 29 and October 2, 2025, intense attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on several villages in North Darfur, including Gerne, Halla Sheikh, and Shagra , have triggered new waves of displacement toward Tawalla Camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), located about 30 km from El Fasher. According to eyewitness accounts, over 1,100 […]

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Arbitrary Arrest of Women Human Rights Defender Suwaken Ishaq Adam Arbab in Nyala, South Darfur

Immediate Release of WHRD On September 28, 2025, The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) and Nisa el Mustaqbal (Women of the Future Initiative) strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and detention of Ms. Suwaken Ishaq Adam Arbab, a respected human rights and women’s rights defender, who was detained by members of the Rapid Support Forces […]