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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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Sudanese Refugees in Eastern Chad Face Dire Humanitarian Crisis: Protests and Testimonies Reveal Severe Deprivation.

Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad are facing a severe humanitarian crisis. On Monday, hundreds of refugees in Marah camp took to the streets demanding food, water, shelter, and medical care. Testimonies from Qaga camp reveal the depth of deprivation affecting vulnerable populations, with refugees describing conditions so severe that hope itself has become a casualty. […]

Darfur’s Deepening Catastrophe: What Is Happening in El Fasher and Why the World Must Not Look Away 

KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE  Darfur is entering one of the darkest chapters in its 20-year history of violence. The fall of El Fasher on 26 October 2025 — after nearly 560 days of siege — has triggered a wave of killings, mass displacement, sexual violence, and starvation that UN officials describe as “terrifying,” “unprecedented,” […]

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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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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 […]

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 […]

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Young Civilian Killed in Shangil Tobay south Darfur: Eyewitnesses Accuse RSF:

Date 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 […]

Violent Assault on Furawi Tribe Members in Wadi Markno – Linked to Historical Tribal Dispute”

Violent Assault on Furawi Tribe Members in Wadi Markno – Linked to Historical Tribal Dispute” On Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 11:00 PM, in Wadi Markno, northwest of Nertiti, Central Darfur State two brothers, Ismail Abdel Shafi Ahmed Suleiman (40 years old) and Omar Abdel Shafi Ahmed Suleiman (55 years old), Both from the Furawi […]

“Voices from Wadi Fadlagi: Human Rights Abuses in the Tribal Conflict of North Nierteti”

on last Wednesday, May 6, 2025, at 6:00 PM. Wadi Fadlagi – North of Nierteti, Central Darfur State (an area under the control of the Rapid Support Forces), an armed conflict erupted among members of the nomadic community belonging to the Nuweiba tribe due to social disputes reportedly related to women. The exchange of gunfire […]