Sudan’s RSF committed crimes against humanity in El Fasher, Amnesty says Report accuses paramilitary force of numerous crimes including ethnic cleansing in systemic campaign against civilians The Guardian - UK · Jul 1
Sudan's RSF paramilitaries accused of crimes against humanity in El Fasher Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing while deliberately targeting children during their campaign to seize El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Radio France Internationale · Jul 1
UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee The Guardian - UK · Jun 23
A massacre, an airstrike on children and a message from prison: our stories are not easy but they must be told In this week’s newsletter: we take a a forensic look at the El Fasher massacre, and examine the surge in digital violence across Africa and its real-world consequences for women and girls The Guardian - UK · Apr 20
Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred; a further 40,000 civillians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for. This is the story of what happened The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in Sudan Experts argue sensor and satellite data reveal targeted attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on farming communities were intended to prevent villages producing food The Guardian - UK · Mar 10
These atrocities in Sudan were entirely predictable. So why did the rest of the world fail to stop them? Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change, says Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of Sudanese TV channel Sudan Bukra The Guardian - UK · Feb 20
RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities The Guardian - UK · Feb 19
Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’ Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025
UK imposes sanctions on four RSF officers for ‘heinous’ mass killings in Sudan Senior commanders accused of atrocities against civilians face asset freezes – but no action against key backer UAE The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025
Spotlight on Africa: from Sudan’s exodus to South Africa’s G20 and the arts In this new episode of Spotlight on Africa, we hear from Sudanese people fleeing the atrocities in El Fasher. We also reflect on a year of South Africa’s presidency of the G20, which held its final major summit of the year this weekend in Johannesburg. And, in the final segment… Radio France Internationale · Nov 26, 2025
Slaughter in Sudan and the shadowy trail to the UAE In Darfur, at least twice as many people have been killed than in Gaza since 2023. As the crisis looks likely to worsen, one nation has questions to answer over its links to the atrocities. By Robert Fox Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025
‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocide The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025
Radio France Internationale · Nov 14, 2025 UN human rights council orders investigation into atrocities in Sudan The United Nations' top rights body on Friday adopted a resolution ordering an independent fact-finding mission to urgently investigate reports of human rights violations in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, where paramilitary forces are accused of mass killings and other atrocities.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025 Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutrition
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2025 Why has Sudan descended into mass slaughter? The answer goes far beyond simple ethnic conflict The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres, looting and rapes.
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025 Sudan medics accuse paramilitary forces of burning bodies in mass graves to ‘conceal genocide’ The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025 UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025 Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killings
The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025 The tragedy of El Fasher: inside the 7 November Guardian Weekly A Sudanese massacre foretold. Plus Margaret Atwood on our dystopian world
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025 Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025 First Thing: Trump administration to fund just half of food stamp benefits Department of Agriculture using contingency funds to keep benefits going amid government shutdown. Plus, economists warn $70tn in inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025 As criticism grows, is UAE ready to walk away from Sudan’s RSF militia? After mass killings in El Fasher and four years on from a coup, UAE now admits its Sudan policy has gone wrong
International Business Times UK · Nov 3, 2025 What Is Happening in Sudan Right Now? Horror as Blood and Piles of Bodies Seen in Satellite Images New satellite images reveal what appear to be mass killings and pools of blood in Sudan's Darfur region after El Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces, sparking global outrage and calls for urgent action.