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 […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy Human rights RSF SAFThe International Criminal Court’s Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the UN Security Council on Monday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) oversaw “an organised, calculated campaign” of mass atrocities during the capture of El Fasher in October 2025. Speaking virtually from The Hague, Khan said the ICC is intensifying efforts to establish individual criminal […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment Dispatch Human rights Humanitarian Aid Press release RSF Security SituationDecember 14, 2025 DNHR expresses its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of the drone strike that killed six soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166592 at a military base in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, on Saturday, December 13, 2025. Under international humanitarian law, United Nations peacekeeping […]
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 […]
Yesterday marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists — a reminder that truth-telling in conflict zones is not only dangerous, it is life-threatening. In Sudan, this danger is not symbolic. It is unfolding in real time. On 26 October 2025, Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim, a correspondent for Al Jazeera, was detained […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy RSF SAF Security SituationOctober 26, 2025 — El Fasher, North Darfur State The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed control of the Sudanese army’s 6th Infantry Division headquarters in El Fasher after days of intense fighting, according to information gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) from sources in and around the city. Since April 2024, […]
CategoriesAbduction Global Advocacy RSF Security SituationFighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured and forced dozens of young men to fight in the ongoing conflict around El Fasher, according to testimonies gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) from witnesses and sources inside the city. Witnesses reported that 65 young men were seized at RSF checkpoints between […]
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 […]
CategoriesAssault RSF Security SituationOn October 13, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) represented by allied Arab tribal groups, including the Roua carried out coordinated attacks against farmers from African tribes in Zalingei, Central Darfur. This incident highlights how the RSF continues to mobilize tribal militias to target specific ethnic communities, fueling tribal tensions and creating the false perception […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment Human rights RSF SAF Security SituationSAF Airstrike on RSF-Controlled Saraf Omra Market and Subsequent Arbitrary Arrests by RSF On October 19, at around 1:30 PM, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) carried out an airstrike on Saraf Omra market, which is under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control. The attack caused significant damage, including the destruction of shops and restaurants, and injuries […]
