Amnesty says RSF committed ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s el-Fasher

Amnesty International alleges that the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during attacks in and around el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, between early 2024 and October 2025. The report details documented instances of civilians being killed, injured, tortured, and detained, with RSF crimes including murder, forcible transfer, rape, and persecution. The group specifically noted RSF attacks on villages predominantly inhabited by the Zaghawa ethnic group. These allegations come amidst the ongoing brutal war in Sudan between the army and the RSF, which has caused widespread displacement and death. Amnesty International based its findings on interviews with 246 individuals, including survivors of conflict-related abuses.

Amnesty International has released a report accusing Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their seizure of El Fasher last year. The report details widespread and systematic attacks against civilians, including murder, torture, rape, enslavement, and sexual slavery, often targeting non-Arab communities. Amnesty's findings are based on interviews with survivors, documentary evidence, and satellite imagery, concluding that the RSF committed war crimes and the crime against humanity of persecution. The organization also highlighted the deliberate targeting of children and the destruction of villages consistent with ethnic cleansing. Amnesty International called for an immediate ceasefire and the deployment of an international force to protect civilians, naming three RSF commanders responsible for alleged violations.

Amnesty International has alleged that the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on El-Fasher city between 2024 and 2025. This conflict is part of a brutal war in Sudan that began in April 2023 between the army and the RSF, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and millions displaced, according to the United Nations. Both warring factions have faced accusations of atrocities. Previously, a UN independent fact-finding mission concluded in February that the 2025 assault on El-Fasher exhibited characteristics of genocide.

Amnesty International has reported that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their campaign to capture the city of el-Fasher last year. The report details RSF crimes including murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other sexual violence, enslavement, extermination, and persecution. The siege and takeover of el-Fasher in Darfur was a particularly violent event in Sudan's ongoing civil war between the army and the RSF. The RSF has not commented on the latest report but has previously denied similar accusations. This conflict, now in its third year, has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and displaced over 14 million people, with widespread sexual violence used as a weapon of war by both sides.