Overview
- Over the weekend, the RSF attacked villages around Bara, with more than 200 killed in Shag Alnom by arson or gunfire and 46 killed in Hilat Hamid, according to Emergency Lawyers.
- The United Nations says the raids forced over 3,400 people to flee their homes, compounding Sudan’s massive internal displacement crisis.
- Human rights groups assert the targeted villages had no military presence, underlining a deliberate assault on civilians in breach of international humanitarian law.
- Volunteer teams including the Sudanese Doctors Network documented at least 18 deaths and 31 injuries in Shaq Al-Noum, highlighting a broader pattern of RSF brutality.
- The United States and other international bodies have called for formal investigations into RSF leadership over allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.