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RSF Extortion and Sexual Violence Against Displaced Families Fleeing El-Fasher CategoriesAssault Food Security Forced Evictions Global Advocacy Looting Refugee Refugee Crisis RSF Security Situation

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 […]

Renewed RSF Shelling in El Fasher Targets Hospitals and Displacement Shelters, Killing Dozens CategoriesAerial bombardment HomeArbitrary Killings Refugee Refugee Crisis RSF Security Situation

Renewed RSF Shelling in El Fasher Targets Hospitals and Displacement Shelters, Killing Dozens.

Date: 9 October 2025Location: El Fasher, North Darfur The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified their shelling campaign in El Fasher, North Darfur, over the past week killing and injuring dozens of civilians in successive attacks on hospitals, displacement camps, and residential areas. According to medical officials, at least 12 civilians were killed and 17 […]

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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 […]

Dozens Abducted from Abu Shouk Camp as Violence Escalates in El Fasher CategoriesAbduction Human rights Refugee RSF Security Situation Unlawful Arrest

Dozens Abducted from Abu Shouk Camp as Violence Escalates in El Fasher 

More than 50 civilians, including women, children, and elderly individuals, have reportedly been abducted from Abu Shouk camp in El Fasher by armed elements believed to be affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).  According to verified field reports, the abductees were taken to a house in the Riyadh neighborhood, northeast of the city. The […]

Starvation Deaths Reported in El Fasher as Famine Used as Weapon of War  CategoriesFood Security Global Advocacy Human rights Humanitarian Aid

Starvation Deaths Reported in El Fasher as Famine Used as Weapon of War 

The humanitarian situation in Abu Shouk camp, near El Fasher, has reached a critical point following reports that an entire family including two elderly women, a mother, and three young children died after consuming imbaz, the fibrous waste left after peanut oil extraction.  The deaths, confirmed by field updates, were discovered only after a neighbor […]

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 […]

Update:  from Tawala camp  in North Darfur

On July 17, 2025, North Darfur – El Fasher and Tawila IDP Camp, The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) expresses deep concern regarding the escalating and systematic violations of human rights committed by elements of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, particularly around El Fasher and the Tawila camp for Internally Displaced […]

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Field Report: Civilian Targeting and Arbitrary Arrests in Central Darfur.

A Child Injured, a Young Man Killed, and Employees Arbitrarily Detained Amid Escalating Violence and Corruption On 5 July 2025, Central Darfur State, Sudan, Escalating Violence Against Civilians. Amid the ongoing deterioration of security across Darfur, two serious incidents involving civilians were documented in late June and early July 2025. The first was the injury […]