publishes new violations of the rebel Rapid Support militia
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Al Hakika
An exclusive periodical electronic magazine, crafted to meticulously track and document the breaches by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels. It is published in three languages, serving as a key reference for regional and international organizations, as well as mechanisms dedicated to the protection of human rights across the globe.
Issue “18”.
Introduction
The Humanitarian Affairs Commission issued a press statement regarding the allegation of a famine in the Zamzam camp for displaced persons.
The Commission stated that the recent report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, dated 1 August 2024, regarding the humanitarian situation in the Zamzam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, which claims that there is a famine in this camp and other camps in North Darfur State, is not true. According to a report from the Humanitarian Aid Commission of North Darfur State, dated 3 August 2024, a joint visit by the relevant government agencies and some international organisations was conducted on 23 July 2024 to the Zamzam camp. This visit revealed that the humanitarian situation is stable and that the organisations are providing assistance in the sectors of health, nutrition, primary healthcare, and reproductive health. These organisations include Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) from France, Solidarités International, and International Relief.
The Commission confirmed that the shortage of food and humanitarian aid in those locations and camps is primarily due to the siege imposed by the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia and the continuous artillery shelling by this militia on health facilities and centres, as well as on displacement camps around El Fasher city. The militia has also been holding several humanitarian aid trucks belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières for weeks in the Kabkabiya area, preventing them from entering El Fasher to assist the displaced in the camps.
For its part, Médecins Sans Frontières condemned the militia’s seizure of the trucks heading to Kabkabiya and their prevention from reaching the camps.
Meanwhile, Sudanese media revealed that displaced persons in the Oulala camps in Ethiopia and Adre in Chad were forced to leave the camp and return to Sudan due to the failure of international organisations to provide aid. This indicates that these organisations are not neutral and are working to reduce food supplies in these camps to pressure the Sudanese government and prove the false claim of famine.
At the same time that international organisations are issuing false reports about famine in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces militia is practising a policy of starvation and evacuating production areas in the Gezira and Sennar States. They prevent farmers from accessing their farms and cultivating their lands after looting all agricultural machinery, fertilisers, and seeds, forcibly displacing them. They even prevent the arrival of aid and hold food and medical supplies shipments in Darfur.
Al Hakika magazine, which specialises in documenting the crimes of the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia, has monitored and documented in issue 18 the most heinous crimes of these militias in several Sudanese states through credible numbers, statistics, and reports.
Coinciding with the Sudanese government’s serious openness to peace initiatives to set guidelines and a vision for implementing the Jeddah platform, the Rapid Support Forces militia intensified its shelling of El Fasher, Khartoum, Sennar, and Gezira, killing hundreds of civilians. Official reports revealed that this militia used chemical weapons in the attack on civilians in El Fasher and targeted them with artillery shelling, which resulted in hundreds of casualties and the destruction of several hospitals and educational institutions.
Al Hakika also documents, through numbers, the forced displacement and liquidation of citizens, as well as the most heinous crimes of sexual violence against girls under nine years old.
In addition to the massacres committed by the militia in Kordofan and White Nile, Al Hakika has also documented the conditions of children who lost limbs and were subjected to sexual assaults.
Al Hakika has also shed light on the negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces militia through the Jeddah, Geneva, and Cairo rounds.
Documented by Al Hakika:
Ministerial Reports: The Rapid Support Forces Militia Used Chemical Weapons in Their Attack on Various Areas in El Fasher
On July 28, 2024, the El Fasher Resistance Committees Coordination announced that the Rapid Support Forces militia had launched a frenzied bombardment on the city, with more than 70 rocket launchers in a single day, targeting hospitals, homes, mosques, and markets.
The coordination revealed that the militia’s shelling on El Fasher resulted in the death of 65 civilians (43 children, 13 women, and 9 men).
Meanwhile, the Director General of the Ministry of Health in North Darfur State, Dr. Ibrahim Khater, accused the Rapid Support Forces militia of using chemical weapons during their attack on various areas in El Fasher, which led to the death of civilians.
Dr. Khater, a specialist physician, confirmed that the weapon used was identified as a chemical weapon.
On August 8, 2024, a medical source from the Ministry of Health in North Darfur State announced that 10 people were killed and others were injured following the Rapid Support Forces militia’s shelling on El Fasher.
The source told “Darfur24” that the Saudi Specialized Hospital received 12 injured people and continues to receive casualties, most of whom are elderly from the “Tambasi, Al-Radif, and Livestock Market” neighborhoods south of the city.
Meanwhile, a livestock market trader, Musa Mohammed Ibrahim, told “Darfur24” that the Rapid Support Forces started shelling the city with heavy artillery, targeting several neighborhoods and the main market in the city center.
He stated that the artillery shelling in the livestock market caused the death and injury of several traders and street vendors and led to the destruction of several restaurants and shops and partial fires in some establishments.
Darfur Region Governor Minni Arko Minawi, in a Facebook post, stated that the intense artillery bombardment using heavy artillery in El Fasher city targeted unarmed civilians in their homes and in the livestock market in the western part of the city, as well as in the Al-Radif and Thawra neighborhoods, leading to dozens of deaths and injuries, which are still being counted.
Minawi condemned the targeting of innocent civilians, markets, public facilities, and hospitals, calling on the international community to urgently intervene to stop these violations and the bloodshed of innocents, as he stated.
The Mashaad Human Rights Observatory revealed new statistics on the number of victims of the random artillery shelling on civilians in Sudan. Since the outbreak of the war in April last year, the total number of victims has reached about 4,907, including approximately 1,411 people who lost their lives, among them about 97 children and 16 pregnant women. More than 3,496 civilians have been injured, with 794 people having limbs amputated as a result.
The Mashaad Observatory noted that the random artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces caused significant damage to civilian property, destroying large numbers of service facilities and citizens’ homes in various states.
The observatory expressed deep regret over the continued targeting and invasion of areas and cities by these forces to kill, forcibly displace, and expel civilians from their homes, as well as engage in looting, theft, and sabotage of infrastructure.
The observatory called on the international community and human rights actors to oppose the Rapid Support Forces’ violations against civilians and issue a clear condemnation of these heinous crimes, which disregard international war conventions and norms prohibiting attacks on civilians. It also urged human rights bodies and international judicial institutions to continue their efforts in legally pursuing the Rapid Support Forces, ultimately holding their leaders and accomplices accountable and imposing deterrent sanctions on them.
Documented by Al Hakika:
The Rapid Support Forces Militia Uses Hunger as a Weapon in War by Detaining Humanitarian Aid Trucks and Spreading Chaos in the Heart of Agriculture, Draining Production Areas
On August 1, 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) accused the Rapid Support Forces militia of detaining supply trucks in Kabkabiya, North Darfur State, which were en route to El Fasher.
In a statement cited by “Sudan Tribune,” Médecins Sans Frontières said, “The Rapid Support Forces have detained supply trucks belonging to the organisation, which could soon lead to the closure of the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher.”
The head of Médecins Sans Frontières’ emergency response in Sudan, Stéphane Doyon, indicated that the detained trucks had left the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, more than six weeks ago and were supposed to have reached El Fasher by now.
He added, “In El Fasher, we only have enough surgical supplies left to treat 100 people, and if the number of victims continues to rise at the current rate, these supplies will soon run out.”
Doyon also stated that the trucks were carrying supplies to the Saudi Hospital, therapeutic foods, and medical supplies for children in the Zamzam camp, which is suffering from a catastrophic malnutrition crisis.
Meanwhile, a recent Reuters report revealed that the Rapid Support Forces are sowing chaos in the heart of agriculture in Sudan. Residents and agricultural officials in Gezira State told Reuters that Rapid Support Forces fighters had plundered stocks of wheat, sorghum, and other crops and prevented farmers from accessing their fields.
Mohamed Bala, a leader of an agricultural cooperative from Al-Hasaheisa, said, “My fields are being grazed by cattle because farmers are afraid to go out.”
In eastern Gezira, residents have escaped the worst violence, where the commander of the Rapid Support Forces in the state, Abu Aqila Kikel, imposed a tax on local residents, according to Reuters.
The Fikra Organisation for Studies and Development revealed that the Rapid Support Forces have looted more than 4,000 litres of fuel from humanitarian aid trucks, while the United Nations has remained silent on the matter. The inexplicable silence of the United Nations regarding the widespread theft of fuel by militias is disgraceful.
On 3 August 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the international community for a firm international stance regarding the detention of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) trucks by the Janjaweed militia, which are carrying medicines and therapeutic food supplies to El Fasher and the Zamzam camp.
A statement from the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the statement from Médecins Sans Frontières regarding the detention of aid trucks sufficiently reveals that the militia is responsible for the spread of hunger in the Zamzam camp, according to a committee of food security experts. This is part of a starvation strategy the militia is adopting, and therefore, the claim that not using a specific border crossing is the reason for the failure of aid to reach those in need has no basis. The militia’s continued siege of El Fasher city, its shelling of hospitals, displacement camps, markets, mosques, and public facilities in the city, is a blatant challenge to Security Council Resolution 2736 (2024) dated 13 June. The statement continued: “There must be a firm international stance against the militia and its supporters to deter them from continuing to commit atrocities and flouting international legitimacy.”
Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Aid Commission refuted international reports of a famine in the Zamzam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher and other camps in North Darfur State. The Humanitarian Aid Commission clarified that the mere talk of a famine in these camps does not align with the elements and conditions that must be met to declare famines. It asserted that the rebel Rapid Support Forces are the ones causing starvation by preventing the arrival of food aid to the citizens.
The commission confirmed that the shortage of food and humanitarian aid in those locations and camps is primarily due to the siege imposed by the rebel Rapid Support Forces and their continuous artillery shelling of health facilities, centres, and displacement camps around El Fasher city. This militia has also been holding several humanitarian aid trucks belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières for four weeks in the Kabkabiya area, preventing them from entering El Fasher to assist the displaced in the camps.
Documented by Al Hakika:
The Rapid Support Forces Militia Detains Kidney Patient Solution Truck, Endangering the Lives of 200 Patients, Shells the Saudi Hospital and Al-Dayat Hospital in Omdurman a Day After They Reopen, and Loots Hospitals in Suki, Assaults Doctors
The administration of the Al-Jumaih Dialysis Center in El-Obeid announced the suspension of scheduled haemodialysis services starting from 4 August 2024.
In this context, an administrative source at Al-Jumaih Center, who preferred to remain anonymous, revealed that the suspension of services was due to the unavailability of acidic solutions (used for haemodialysis). He mentioned that the state government had tried to provide these supplies, but the Rapid Support Forces militia intercepted the truck carrying all the medicines and solutions for kidney failure patients in El-Obeid. The truck was stopped in Umm Ruwaba in North Kordofan State for more than two weeks without any reason and is still detained. The militia demanded huge amounts of money to release it, endangering the lives of 200 patients suffering from acute programmed kidney failure. Therefore, the administration announced the suspension of scheduled haemodialysis but would continue to accept emergency cases, holding the Rapid Support Forces fully responsible.
On 9 August 2024, the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that the Rapid Support Forces militia shelled Al-Dayat Hospital in Omdurman and the surrounding areas with numerous shells, causing extensive damage to the buildings. The Khartoum State Emergency Health Committee issued a statement condemning the shelling, which clearly targets health facilities and hinders efforts to provide medical services to citizens.
The committee’s chairman and official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, stated that the militia had carried out widespread looting of hospital equipment and turned it into a military barracks. This hospital is the largest specialised hospital in the country. However, his committee worked hard to reopen it, and it received several pregnant women for check-ups. He affirmed that this targeting would not deter health staff from continuing their work, which has been ongoing throughout the war without interruption. He called on international organisations to play their role as stipulated in international humanitarian law to protect civilian facilities during wars.
Meanwhile, the militia shelled Al-Naw Hospital, the only hospital operational since the beginning of the war, causing damage to the buildings and varying injuries among patients and medical staff.
On 27 July 2024, the Sudan Doctors Network reported that the Rapid Support Forces militia had overrun the city of Suki in Sennar State, where they assaulted doctors and committed all forms of violence, beatings, and killings against unarmed civilians, as well as looted public and private medical facilities.
In a statement broadcast on its Facebook page, the network reported that the forces had stolen from Suki Specialist Hospital, along with three private health centres, and looted pharmacies and medicine warehouses in the city.
The Sudan Doctors Network condemned the repeated violations by the Rapid Support Forces against unarmed civilians and public facilities in a systematic manner that seeks to forcibly displace civilians, pointing out that this has become a consistent pattern for these forces whenever they enter a village or city, in behaviour that contradicts all international and humanitarian laws that protect civilians.
Three hundred civilians were killed due to a heavy artillery shelling that targeted El Fasher and the Saudi Hospital for the tenth time. This health facility has been repeatedly attacked by the Rapid Support Forces militia in the city since the beginning of the war, resulting in 25 injuries and three deaths in this attack.
The Saudi Hospital is the main hospital for women, children, and war-wounded. More than 2,170 injured have been treated at South Hospital and then at the Saudi Hospital, with over 300 deaths recorded. The facility was damaged in the latest strike but remains operational. Médecins Sans Frontières teams and the Ministry of Health responded to the arrival of 52 wounded at the Saudi Hospital on Saturday, 27 July 2024, including 11 women and one child; 11 of them succumbed to their injuries.
Documented by Al Hakika:
The Sennar Human Rights Observatory: Rapid Support Forces Militia Executed Civilians in Suki
On 28 July 2024, according to Al-Sudani newspaper, the Sennar Human Rights Observatory, a “human rights organisation,” accused the Rapid Support Forces militia of executing civilians in Sennar State, southeastern Sudan.
The Sennar Human Rights Observatory reported that it had documented executions carried out by the Rapid Support Forces against three civilians since their incursion into the city of Suki in Sennar State.
In its latest report, the observatory accused the militia of forcibly displacing residents of Suki city and the surrounding villages, committing violations against those forced to flee on foot under threat of arms to areas like Hamadna Allah and Sennar in Sennar State and Abu Rakham in Gedaref State, under extremely difficult conditions amid heavy rains and without any food or shelter.
The report indicated that the Rapid Support Forces militia conducted widespread looting in the city of Suki, targeting cars, money, and gold jewellery.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses told the newspaper that the militia executed more than 50 citizens in cold blood.
Documented by Al Hakika:
Investigations: They Always Asked Passers-by, “What is Your Tribe?” If the Answer Was Masalit, the Inevitable Result Was Death – Survivors of the Geneina Massacres Share Harrowing Stories
According to Al-Taghyeer, by Fath Al-Rahman Hamouda:
“Muhab” is an alias for a young man in his twenties who found himself a refugee in one of the Sudanese refugee camps in the Adre region of Chad. He recounted his story of survival to “Al-Taghyeer.”
At that time, bloody military confrontations were escalating daily between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, forcing the young man to leave his home in the Thawra neighborhood in search of safety.
Muhab says, “I was with my family on the frontline within the neighborhood, which was the primary target of the Rapid Support Forces who launched several brutal attacks on us.” He adds, “We had to defend ourselves, our land, our families, and our possessions.”
Muhab recalls that after the attacks on one of the neighborhood areas, it was their neighborhood’s turn. The number of victims rose dramatically, but the efforts of the young people combined to provide first aid to the wounded and support the affected families, even though the situation was deteriorating day by day, according to him.
He recalled his friend, who was treacherously killed by the Rapid Support Forces during those attacks. His death was a severe blow to his family, who were struggling to survive. Muhab says, “My friend was a refuge for us; his house was open to all humanitarian activities, but fate was harsh on him.”
Muhab notes that the Rapid Support Forces specifically targeted him because he is from the “Masalit” ethnic group. He said, “They always asked passers-by, ‘What is your tribe?’ If the answer was Masalit, the inevitable result was death.”
Muhab suffered from ethnic and regional targeting, as the attacks targeted neighborhoods inhabited by displaced people, such as the Thawra and Tadamun neighborhoods and schools, which were subjected to systematic killings.
Afterward, Muhab decided to leave Geneina, as staying there had become nearly impossible. His journey, which he described as “difficult and arduous,” began, during which he witnessed the bodies of young people and women lying in the streets.
After a long journey on foot, he reached the Sudanese-Chadian border gate, where he settled in the “Atshana” camp and then began a new challenge there.
Muhab says that the situation inside the camp is catastrophic, especially with the onset of autumn, where suffering has increased due to the deteriorating economic and health conditions. He points out that the refugees are suffering badly, explaining that the camp lacks the most basic necessities of life.
Since the outbreak of the war in mid-April, thousands of civilians in Darfur regions have suffered from conflicts that have torn their lives apart, forcing them to face an unbearable hell due to the genocides committed by the Rapid Support Forces.
The Dar Masalit Sultanate published a report stating that the Sultanate witnessed, from April to June 2023, a series of systematic bloody attacks launched by the Rapid Support Forces and the “Janjaweed militia” with the aim of genocide and ethnic cleansing against African civilians, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries.
The Dar Masalit Sultanate’s report on last year’s Geneina massacre called for the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces, foremost among them Major General Abdel Rahman Jumaa, and the leaders of the Central Reserve Forces to be brought to justice, in addition to urgent international intervention to protect civilians and place the Dar Masalit Sultanate under international guardianship.
Documented by Al Hakika:
Rapid Support Forces Militia Causes the Death of “9” Pregnant Women in North Darfur State
The Ministry of Health in North Darfur State accused the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia of causing the death of nine pregnant women in the Kavout area of Rural El Fasher locality (59 km northeast) during August after they were prevented from reaching El Fasher to receive safe childbirth services.
In a press statement, the Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Khater, said that his ministry had been receiving continuous reports from various hospitals and rural health centers indicating that elements of the Rapid Support Forces militia were preventing elderly patients, pregnant women, and children from reaching El Fasher for treatment. They also blocked roads to prevent the arrival of humanitarian aid, food supplies, and medicines, warning of the risk of the spread of malnutrition and epidemic diseases linked to food shortages. He described the rebel Rapid Support Forces as now representing the primary enemy of the people of North Darfur State. Dr. Khater called on international, humanitarian, and justice organizations, as well as the free people of Darfur worldwide, to take the actions of the Rapid Support Forces against civilians in the state seriously and put an end to them so that the situation does not deteriorate further.
Regarding reports of the appearance of cholera and malnutrition diseases in the Zamzam camp south of El Fasher due to the spread of hunger, Dr. Khater added that he had assessed the situation there on the ground and ensured the continued operation of the five health centers and the temporary hospital in providing treatment services to the camp’s residents and the surrounding villages, which contributed to stabilizing the health situation of the displaced, according to him. He pointed out that these health facilities had not recorded any epidemic or non-epidemic disease cases in the past days. Dr. Khater also confirmed that he was assured of the availability of medicines and therapeutic foods provided by UNICEF for infants, pregnant women, and nursing mothers through the ongoing malnutrition treatment center in the camp, confirming that his ministry had conducted a survey to compare the nutritional status of the cases currently in the camp with those registered last year. He noted that the survey results did not show a significant difference, indicating that there is no substantial food gap in the camp as is currently being promoted. However, the Director-General of the Ministry of Health reiterated that the established fact is that all the state’s residents need food, medicine, and water.
Documented by Al Hakika:
Rapid Support Forces Militia Loots Medical Equipment and Destroys the Faculties of Medicine and Laboratories at the University of Gezira
In a statement, the Sudanese Doctors Network stated:
Continuing its systematic destruction of universities and research centers and targeting educational institutions, the Rapid Support Forces in Gezira State looted medical equipment and destroyed what remained of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Laboratories at the University of Gezira.
The Sudanese Doctors Network expressed regret for the deliberate destruction of medical equipment at the University of Gezira, alongside research centers, considering what happened as further targeting of the university’s infrastructure. This is typical behavior of the Rapid Support Forces in all the cities where their forces are present.
Documented by Al Hakika:
Official Reports: 10,000 Children Have Lost Their Limbs or Vital Parts of Their Bodies, and the Ministry of Social Development Condemns the Shelling of Children in the Hattana Shelter in Omdurman by the Rapid Support Forces Militia
On 27 August 2024, the Secretary-General of the National Council for Child Welfare, Abdel Qader Abdullah, revealed that more than 10,000 children have lost a limb or vital parts of their bodies due to injuries from projectiles.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the Ministry of Health in the capital, Khartoum, Mohamed Al-Qaim, said, “There is no accurate statistic on the number of amputees, but they have exceeded thousands during the war.” He explained, according to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, “Operations at Al-Naw Hospital, the only hospital operating in Omdurman, are free, as well as in some other government hospitals.”
Earlier, the council said that the Rapid Support Forces committed severe violations against 6,750 children, including those killed, injured, displaced, and denied treatment.
It noted that these violations were committed in the capital, Khartoum, and the states of Darfur and Kordofan, describing these actions as “aggressive behavior that has created a rift in the child’s supportive family.”
The council called for the registration of a lawsuit to pave the way for holding the Rapid Support Forces militia accountable before local, regional, and international criminal courts.
On 11 August 2014, the Ministry of Social Development in Khartoum State said in a press statement that the Rapid Support Forces militia committed a heinous crime by shelling innocent civilians, including women and children, in the most brutal violations against humanity, resulting in the death of children in one of the shelters in Hattana, Omdurman, leaving many wounded and injured. The ministry called on international organizations to hold these criminals accountable.
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Recent Statistics Reveal 250 Cases of Sexual Violence Against Women by the Rapid Support Forces Militia, Including Girls Under the Age of Nine
The Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), Hala Al-Karib, revealed 14 cases of unwanted pregnancies among 75 cases of rape and sexual violence perpetrated against women by the Rapid Support Forces in Gezira State, central Sudan. SIHA issued a report on conflict-related sexual violence titled “Gezira State: Where the Forgotten Atrocities Are,” which revealed the violations of the Rapid Support Forces in Gezira State after invading most parts.
Al-Karib said in a press conference via Zoom that the initiative documented 250 cases of sexual violence nationwide since the outbreak of the war, including 75 cases in Gezira State. A human rights activist from Gezira State who spoke at the press conference without revealing her identity disclosed that 25 underage girls became pregnant following rape incidents by the Rapid Support Forces, with their families not knowing how to respond.
The activist added that the Rapid Support Forces’ violations in Gezira included exploitation, rape, and kidnapping, where sexual violence is used as a means of pressure on families.
Patterns of Sexual Violence
The SIHA Network report discussed three patterns of sexual violence tactics used by the Rapid Support Forces to ensure control over the areas they invade in Gezira State.
The report added that soldiers usually fire bullets into the air and start looting, beginning with markets, shops, commercial complexes, warehouses, and vital facilities like banks if available, then moving on to homes one by one.
The report noted that they forcibly enter homes to search for soldiers of the regular forces or other fighters, as they claim. It added, “To further intimidate, they use sexual violence against women and girls inside homes, accompanied by the killing of male family members, including young boys, who intervene to resist sexual assault on women and girls.”
Human Rights Watch Accuses Rapid Support Forces Militia of Gang Raping Girls Under Nine
Human Rights Watch accused the Rapid Support Forces militia of cases of rape and torture in Khartoum during the war. The organisation dedicated to protecting human rights worldwide reported in a recent report that some attacks by Rapid Support Forces members on women and girls were extremely brutal. Accounts from women and girls in areas of Khartoum controlled by the Rapid Support Forces indicate that many were abducted, tortured, and held as sex slaves. Mothers were raped while trying to protect their daughters.
The report added that some girls told Rapid Support Forces fighters they were married and not virgins to avoid being attacked.
“The Rapid Support Forces raped women and girls en masse and forced countless numbers into marriage shortly after the war broke out when the Rapid Support Forces swept through parts of Khartoum and sister cities.”
Since then, fighting has hampered access to the capital, but Human Rights Watch researchers have interviewed 42 caregivers, social workers, lawyers, and emergency volunteers in Khartoum to determine how women and girls are treated.
At least 262 survivors of sexual violence, ranging in age from 9 to 60, have been documented.
On several occasions, emergency volunteers themselves were raped by the Rapid Support Forces while helping survivors of sexual violence.
The United Nations conducted a recent investigation into the violations, revealing “1,525” cases of killing and “430” cases of sexual assault among children in Sudan.
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the testimonies conveyed by the UN official and what was reported in field reports by human rights organisations and international experts, indicating that the Janjaweed militia and its allies continue to commit crimes of rape, sexual violence, and trafficking of women for sexual exploitation purposes, in addition to extorting the families of abducted women for ransom.”
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Massacres Committed by the Rapid Support Forces Militia Against Civilians in the States of “Kordofan, Sennar, Gezira, and Khartoum
August 2024
Local sources have revealed a new massacre committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia in the village of Abu Al-Hassan, southwest of Abu Kershola locality in South Kordofan State. According to the sources, the Rapid Support Forces militia and allied militias carried out an armed attack on the village, resulting in the death of 13 citizens and the injury of six others, with many missing.
The names of the deceased are:
- Adam Babiker Othman
- Yousef Adam Jadallah
- Othman Idris Othman
- Othman Omar Ibrahim
- Abdullah Abushnab
- Maki Haroun Adam
- Yaqoub Abdullah Hassan
- Ibrahim Zakaria Ibrahim
- Sadiq Ahmed Al-Khalil
- Abu Al-Hassan Adam Abu Al-Bashir
- Asim Juma Abdullah
- Abu Ubaida Adam Abdullah
- Abdul Rahim Idris
The Nidaa Al-Wasat platform announced that the Rapid Support Forces militias stormed the village of Karima in Abu Hajar locality, Sennar State, and fired on the citizens in a criminal manner, resulting in the death of: - Ibrahim Abdullah
- Tijani Othman
- Sheikh Saleh Jadawi
Additionally, the Blue Nile swallowed more than 20 people near the village of Banzqa – Karima as they fled in fear of militia violations. Some of the individuals identified are: - Al-Fadil Youssef Awad
- Abdul-Razzaq Abdul-Rahman Yahya
- Ammar Abdul-Rahman Abkar
- Mohamed Youssef Omar
- Taha Omar Ismail
- Musab Othman Ismail
- Al-Khair Moussa
- Mutwakil Adam
The militias looted homes, closed all roads, practiced forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing with the help of a group from the village of Al-Kabishab, who are affiliated with them. They imposed a siege on the village and its people amid a complete blackout and deliberate obscuration of events in the region.
Meanwhile, the Nidaa Al-Wasat platform in White Nile State released a list of martyrs from the city of “Al-Hilba” west of Al-Duwaim, who were killed by Rapid Support Forces militia fire: - Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed Al-Ansari
- Moatasem Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed
- Al-Tayeb Mohamed Mohamed Al-Amin
- Ahmed Mousa Saleh
- Al-Sadiq Ahmed Adam Al-Aisir
- Mohamed Ali Suleiman Al-Shuwaihi
- Al-Bashir Al-Kaik
- Omar Al-Hamri
- Mohamed Khalifa Abu Rida
- Al-Samani Mohamed Abu Khreis
- Ali Adam Ibrahim
- Mohamed Adam Hussein Al-Masiri
- Al-Daw Abbas Al-Bashir
- Al-Tijani Ismail Idris
- Fath Al-Amin Hussein
- Montaser Omar Al-Jailani
- Zaryab Omar Al-Jailani
- Al-Shakri Omar Al-Jailani
- Mujahid Al-Bashir Mohamed Al-Amin
- Ashraf Mohamed Zein
- Mudawi Mohamed Jabara
- Al-Tijani Ahmed Asma
- Nibyan Mohamed Al-Muqaddam
- Yaseen Abdul Ghani
- Abdullah Mohamed Abu Khreis
As part of its series of brutal violations against unarmed citizens in the villages of Gezira State, the Rapid Support Forces militia committed a bloody massacre in the village of Al-Adnab in Al-Manaqil locality, resulting in the death of 21 citizens and the injury of 10 others.
The names of the deceased are: - Khalid Rahmatullah Sabagh Al-Khair
- Al-Sadiq Qismallah Abdulaziz
- Abdul-Razzaq Sabagh Al-Khair
- Saeed Al-Amin Saeed
- Mohamed Al-Rashid Al-Awad
- Fath Al-Rahman Al-Daw Abdul-Mahmoud
- Amina Mohamed Ali Al-Daw and her son
- Al-Amin Ahmed Al-Imam Abu Kasawi
- Hussein Al-Tayeb Ahmed Al-Kindo
- Hussein Rahmatullah Al-Kindo
- Ahmed Hussein Rahmatullah Al-Kindo
- Mohamed Al-Tayeb Al-Tahir
- Tata Mohamed Ahmed Idris
- Ahmed Mohamed Nour Al-Amin Al-Shalibi
- Hussein Ahmed Al-Atrash
- Al-Sadiq Ahmed Al-Atrash
- Ahmed Al-Sadiq Ahmed Al-Atrash
- Mohamed Al-Tayeb Mohamed Ahmed
- Youssef Abdulhafiz Al-Gaddal
- Mohamed Omar Ali Al-Karrar
- Al-Tayeb Ahmed Al-Mubarak
Eyewitnesses confirmed deaths and injuries among citizens in Karari locality due to the indiscriminate shelling by the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia on residential neighborhoods.
In the Al-Hattana area south of North Omdurman, a shell fell on a kindergarten for displaced people, and another on known children’s graves, resulting in the death of a child and varying injuries to others.
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After Forcing 5,289 Citizens to Leave North Bahri, the Governor of Khartoum Oversees the Reception of Survivors in Shelters in North Karari
10 August 2024
The rebel militia continued its violations against unarmed citizens, terrifying them and forcing them to leave their homes. The militia swept through the villages north of Bahri, looting homes and forcing residents to cross the Nile westward toward northern Karari. They pursued them with artillery shelling in the areas they fled to. Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamza led a delegation that included state specialists to assess their situation. The governor and his accompanying delegation provided urgent assistance in the form of food and shelter to 1,475 families, totaling 5,289 people who settled in shelters in the areas of Al-Hoshab, Al-Kudab, Al-Wadi Al-Abyad, Al-Akhdar, Sheikh Abu Shamla Mosque in Al-Tisa’in, and Sheikh Nour Al-Daim Mosque in Sheikh Al-Tayeb.
The governor praised the heroic stances and chivalry of the citizens of the northern countryside, who have been hosting the residents of Bahri since the beginning of the war and providing them with food and shelter. He promised to continue assistance to the shelters until the current conditions are overcome by providing meals, health services, water, electricity, and bathrooms, emphasizing the state’s keenness to support all the displaced families with the assistance necessary to ensure stability. He directed the relevant authorities to pay attention to environmental health and cleanliness.
Siddiq Farini, Director General of the Ministry of Social Development, said that what happened to the families is a complete crime and a violation of human rights, contrary to international customs and charters. He said the families lost all the necessities of life after the militia forced them to leave, looting them and selling them in their markets spread across various locations.
For his part, the executive director of Bahri locality, Abdul Rahman Ahmed, reviewed the efforts made to provide stability and services to the displaced and oversee the distribution channels for their needs. He added that the militia, in addition to expelling the citizens, retained many of them as human shields.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Khartoum visited Sheikh Mohamed Al-Mahdi Al-Bashir Al-Juma’i Mosque and the religious sciences and Quran memorization it offers. The governor provided in-kind support to the mosque.
Eye of Al Hakika:
Catholic Church Monks and Nuns in the Shagara Area Express Gratitude to the Armed Forces and General Intelligence Service for Protecting and Evacuating Them to Safe Areas After Being Subjected to Heinous Violations by the Rapid Support Forces Militia
6 August 2024
Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamza confirmed that the people of Sudan have always been tolerant of all religious sects in Sudan. However, the rebel militia violated mosques, attacked church members, and looted their properties without any religious or moral restraint.
This came during his reception of a delegation of monks and nuns from the Catholic Church who had taken refuge in the Shagara military area after the threats and harassment they were subjected to by the militia while staying at Mother Teresa’s house in the Shagara neighborhood in Khartoum. They were evacuated to Karari.
The governor stated that the nuns’ testimony about the violations by the rebel militia is a strong response to the media and organizations talking about violations by the armed forces. He praised the officers and personnel of the Shagara military area who provided protection and care for the nuns for 16 months. He also commended the bravery of the General Intelligence Service members who evacuated the nuns to Karari and asked the nuns to convey his greetings to the Pope of the Vatican.
For their part, members of the nuns’ delegation confirmed that they have been in Sudan since 1985 and have received all hospitality and tolerance from the Sudanese people, moving between areas like Mayo and Shagara and the vocational training institute in the Khartoum industrial area. They added that the armed forces provided them with protection, care, and food throughout their stay in
the Shagara military area, adding, “We were one family cooperating among ourselves.”
A representative of the General Intelligence Service said they had received commendations from the Vatican State’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for safeguarding the lives of civilians under international humanitarian law. He noted that the armed forces’ medical staff conducted regular check-ups on them as they are elderly, and they are now in perfect health.
A Reuters report revealed that snipers from the Rapid Support Forces consistently targeted the entrance of the Mary House Church through deliberate shelling, killing a boy from the neighborhood when mortar shrapnel hit his head.
Eye of Al Hakika:
Negotiations Between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces, and the Jeddah, Geneva, and Cairo Meetings
The Sudanese army committed to the negotiation path from the early days of the war, which resulted in the signing of the Jeddah Declaration on 11 May 2023. The declaration stipulated the withdrawal of the Rapid Support Forces from cities, citizens’ homes, and civilian objects. However, the rebel Rapid Support Forces did not adhere to the declaration’s outcomes and did not implement any of its terms. Instead, they continued to displace and terrorize citizens and commit further crimes in Gezira State, Sennar, and elsewhere.
The United States, through its special envoy Tom Prillo, sought to pressure the Sudanese government to sit again with the rebels in Geneva on 14 August to reach a ceasefire agreement. The Sudanese government emphasized its eagerness to reach an agreement but insisted on meeting to discuss the negotiation methods and mechanisms. Consultations were held between the Sudanese government and the American side in Jeddah, headed by the Sudanese Minister of Minerals. After the consultations, he stated that they did not reach a consensus and recommended not participating in the Geneva negotiations as they had bypassed the outcomes of the Jeddah Agreement, which is unacceptable to the Sudanese government.
Amid the pressures on the US administration as the presidential elections approach and its efforts to achieve successes before they start, the US State Department continued to communicate with the President of the Sovereign Council, urging him to participate in the Geneva negotiations. They requested the government clarify its vision on how to implement the Jeddah Agreement outcomes. A consultative meeting will be held between the Sudanese government and the American side in Cairo regarding this matter.
