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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 Extortion and Sexual Violence Against Displaced Families Fleeing El-Fasher 

On 19 October 2025, approximately 70 families fled El-Fasher city in the morning, heading toward Tawila. Upon reaching Shagra Village, they were intercepted and escorted by RSF soldiers, who were reportedly recording videos of the displaced civilians.  At Garni, about 20 km west of Shagra, the group encountered an RSF checkpoint. According to eyewitnesses, RSF […]

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North Darfur State: Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in El Fasher

The humanitarian situation in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, is worsening. Older people, children, and women are the most affected as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to besiege the city from four directions. RSF forces recently took control of the Abu Shouk camp and expelled displaced residents from their homes. Many […]

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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 […]

Escalation of Organized Crime and Targeting of Civilians in Nyala, South Darfur

The Darfur Network for Human Rights strongly condemns the heinous assassination of prominent merchant Jamal Omar Babiker, aged 45 and widely known as “Quds”, on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. The victim was shot and killed by masked gunmen driving an unmarked salon car that bore […]

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At least 14 civilians killed in RSF shelling of Naivasha Market in North Darfur

On May 18, 2025, at least 14 civilians were killed and many others injured in a brutal artillery attack carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Nevasha Market within Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), located north of El Fasher in North Darfur State. This attack forms part of an ongoing […]

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“Civilians Flee to Nertiti as RSF Intensifies Violence Against El Fasher Displacement Camps”

April 22, 2025. Nertiti Locality, Central Darfur The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) expresses its deep concern over the ongoing mass displacement of civilians from El Fasher city and Abu Shouk IDP Camp, following an escalation of brutal attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In particular, the recent massacre at Zamzam IDP Camp […]

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At leat 120 Sudanese Refugees New Arrival at Wedwill Camp

 April 18, 2025, in Wedwill Camp in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. The Darfur Network for Human Rights urgently alerts the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and international stakeholders to the arrival of at least 120 new Sudanese refugees at Wedwill Camp, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan, on April 16, 2025. These […]

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From Hope to Accountability: Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the Referral of the Situation in Darfur to the ICC

31 March 2025 Author:  Coalition for the ICC Two decades ago, the United Nations Security Council referred the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). For the victims in Darfur, the first-ever UN Security Council referral to the ICC was a beacon of hope that those who committed unspeakable crimes would one […]

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Bodies Pulled Out of Well Serve as Evidence of Killings in Areas Recaptured from RSF Forces.

March 17, 2025 The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) strongly condemns the recent atrocities uncovered in Sharg Elnil, Khartoum, where Red Crescent volunteers discovered the bodies of at least 15 victims in a well. Reports indicate that most of the victims had been executed with gunshots to the head, while others showed evidence of […]