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UN Mission Says RSF Committed Crimes Against Humanity in El-Fasher Siege

Investigators describe deliberate deprivation of food and medicine used as a weapon.

Residents in El-Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan's RSF for more than a year, gather at a meal distribution point

Overview

  • A UN fact-finding mission concluded the RSF committed crimes against humanity during the siege of El-Fasher, including murder, torture, enslavement, rape and sexual slavery.
  • The report says RSF forces used starvation as a method of warfare by blocking essentials such as food, medicine and relief supplies, potentially amounting to extermination.
  • El-Fasher has been effectively sealed off with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped as the city remains the army’s last holdout in Darfur.
  • Investigators based their findings on more than 200 interviews, video material and civil society submissions gathered outside Sudan, with the report set to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council.
  • Local testimony and satellite analysis describe RSF-built berms forming a “kill box,” roadblocks and extortion of people trying to flee, while food stocks dwindle and community kitchens cover only a fraction of needs.