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 against the Sudanese people. 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 “20” – 20 October 2024.
Introduction
According to United Nations reports, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has recruited some 200,000 mercenaries in its campaign against Sudan. In response, Sudanese authorities, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have lodged an official complaint with the United Nations Security Council, accusing the United Arab Emirates of recruiting mercenaries to fuel civil war in Sudan for its own expansionist agenda. Concurrently, Canadian Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis brought attention to the Sudanese crisis and the UAE’s backing of the RSF, voicing concerns over Canada’s arms partnership with the UAE and emphasizing the importance of ensuring Canadian arms are not used to harm Sudanese civilians. During a parliamentary session, Canada’s Foreign Minister highlighted that without UAE support, the RSF would likely falter, attributing the UAE’s involvement in conflicts across Africa to prolonged instability. He urged Sudan to pursue its rightful claims against the militias and their backers.
Despite these censures and accumulating evidence of RSF atrocities—further facilitated by supportive countries providing the RSF with arms and mercenaries—the response has been limited. Credible reports from international organisations and agencies outline acts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, sexual violence, forced displacement, and the obliteration of hospitals, public facilities, and places of worship throughout Sudan. The RSF has also looted diplomatic missions, seized civilian properties, emptied agricultural areas to provoke famine, blocked humanitarian aid, and targeted camps for displaced persons. Yet, the international community has largely remained passive. There is now an urgent call for the RSF to be classified as a terrorist entity, for its activities to be frozen, and for its supporters to be pressured to halt their assault on the Sudanese people. True commitment from the international community to ending Sudan’s violence will require more than statements of condemnation—it demands decisive, immediate action.
As the first publication dedicated to chronicling RSF crimes, Al Hakika has amassed extensive evidence. Its 20th issue delivers a thorough compilation of RSF transgressions, drawing on official sources, international and local media, and UN reports. This latest edition covers the most severe abuses against civilians in Khartoum, Gezira, Kordofan, and Darfur, documenting mass killings, bombings, sexual enslavement, looting, assaults on hospitals, murder of healthcare workers, desecration of Christian graves, and the plight of child victims. Additionally, Al Hakika reports on the looting of humanitarian aid, the obstruction of food supplies to camps, and the deplorable conditions faced by disabled detainees in RSF prisons.
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Reports Reveal Sexual Enslavement, Disappearances, and Confirmed Rape Cases
On 16 October 2024, the Director of the Unit for Combating Violence Against Women and Children disclosed to Al Sudani newspaper that 500 women had gone missing since the beginning of the conflict. The report highlighted cases of kidnapping, trafficking, and 209 confirmed cases of rape. Sudan’s Attorney General, Judge Fateh Tayfour, stated that the RSF committed 966 sexual assaults and acts of sexual enslavement, aiming to alter the ethnic composition and break the dignity of the Sudanese people. He noted that cases of rape and sexual violence likely exceed the documented figures, as social stigma prevents many victims from reporting.
Tayfour urged victims to come forward, reassuring them that rape investigations and trials would be conducted privately.
The National Human Rights Commission received 18,950 complaints of RSF violations, with over 273 cases referred to court, resulting in a variety of sentences, including capital punishment. Tayfour reported that 80 girls had been abducted and taken to Darfur.
In another incident, two underage girls were sexually assaulted by RSF members while traveling between Kadareek and Tabit in Darfur, where a local resident who attempted to intervene was killed.
A resident of Tabit told Radio Dabanga that “a group of RSF militia on camels and motorbikes” intercepted the two girls, aged between 14 and 17 and proceeded to sexually assault them.
In a recent report, a BBC correspondent met a group of women who had walked from an RSF-controlled area called Dar Al-Salaam to a market on the outskirts of Omdurman, controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces, a journey that took four hours.
The women explained that their husbands are now unable to leave their homes due to the persistent threat posed by RSF fighters, who subject them to beatings, extortion, confiscation of any money in their possession, or detention, with ransom demanded for their release.
I asked the women if they felt safer than the men. “What about rape?” Silence filled the air before one woman finally burst out, “Where is the world? Why aren’t you helping us?” she asked, her voice shaking, with tears streaming down her cheeks.
She continued, “Many women here have suffered abuse, but they stay silent. What’s the point of speaking out, anyway?” She added, “Some girls are forced by RSF forces to lie in the streets at night. If they return late from the market, the RSF detains them for five or six days.”
As she spoke, her mother placed her head in her hands and broke down crying, triggering tears from other women nearby.
One of the women I spoke to blamed the RSF for her rape. Maryam (a pseudonym), who had fled from her home in Dar Al-Salam in Sudan to seek refuge with her brother, now runs a small tea stand. Early in the conflict, she recounted how two armed men broke into her home and attempted to assault her daughters, aged 17 and 10.
“I told my girls to stand behind me,” she said. “I told the RSF men, ‘If you want to assault someone, let it be me.’ They beat me and ordered me to remove my clothes. Before I could, I told my daughters to leave. The other children climbed over the fence. Then, one of the men forced himself on me.”
Fatima (also a pseudonym) sat on a low stool under a tree’s shade. She had come to Omdurman to deliver twins and planned to stay. She told me about a neighbour, a 15-year-old girl who also became pregnant after being assaulted by four RSF soldiers, along with her 17-year-old sister.
According to Fatima, people were awakened by their screams and tried to investigate, but were met with armed men who threatened to shoot if they didn’t return to their homes. The next morning, the community found the girls, visibly bearing signs of the assault, while their older brother had been locked in a nearby room.
Fatima said, “Since the RSF arrived, we’ve heard reports of rapes during the war, but it became undeniable once we saw it happen to our neighbours. Initially, we doubted the reports, but we now know the RSF was responsible for assaulting the girls.”
The women’s rights organisation SIHA has also documented cases of forced marriages, sexual exploitation of young girls, and the abduction of pregnant women by RSF forces. Saihah’s network accused the RSF of abducting an unspecified number of displaced women, including pregnant women and girls from Eastern Boys School, taking them to an unknown location amid fears of conflict-related sexual violence or worse.
The statement revealed that women and girls have been subjected to sexual exploitation for survival under the harsh humanitarian conditions. Cases of forced marriage of young girls were also documented, with families sometimes marrying off their daughters in exchange for food or money.
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RSF Militias Loot Medical Supply Trucks, Block Aid, and Kidnap UN Employees
On October 12, 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia had seized an MSF-chartered truck and detained its driver at a checkpoint in Al-Shuqayq, White Nile State. MSF urged the RSF to disclose the driver’s whereabouts and return the truck, which was loaded with critical medical supplies intended for Kosti, White Nile State. There, MSF provides primary healthcare, mental health support, and additional services for those displaced by the ongoing war.
Earlier in October, the Humanitarian Aid Commissioner for North Kordofan reported that RSF forces had intercepted two relief trucks en route from Al-Dabba border crossing, intended for displaced residents and locals in North Kordofan. This act of aggression violates the Geneva Conference agreements on ensuring safe corridors for humanitarian aid delivery. The Commissioner urged the international community to condemn these actions.
Meanwhile, traders in Shangil Tobayi, 55 km southwest of El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, reported that the RSF blocked goods vehicles from entering the town, exacerbating prices and worsening residents’ living conditions. A local trader, Yaqoub Saifuddin, told Darfur 24 that all commercial vehicles coming from Marshang, Menawashi, Nyala, and Kass were turned back by the RSF. He added that the RSF set up dozens of checkpoints along the route from Shangil Tobayi to Nyala, seizing food, goods, and tobacco from traders, demanding permits for even minor items like a single bag of sugar.
In a protest staged by residents of the Zamzam camp, demonstrators appealed to the international community to intervene as the RSF restricted all access to Dar Al-Salam, the only supply route for the camp. The RSF detained several traders, accusing them of smuggling fuel into the camp. Mohammad Khamis Doda, spokesperson for Zamzam Camp, told Sudan Tribune, “A significant number of displaced people gathered in protest, calling for the immediate lifting of the blockade on Zamzam Camp.”
In a recent move, the RSF announced a prohibition on transporting livestock, crops, and minerals into the Darfur region, claiming the areas are under Sudanese Army control. The ban includes products like gum, peanuts, cooking oil, sesame, tobacco, millet, sorghum, and precious metals, with the RSF warning of severe consequences for violators. Observers have noted this blockade as part of a broader RSF strategy to create food shortages, forcibly displacing local populations.
On October 2024, Sudan News Platform reported that an RSF faction had kidnapped two World Food Programme employees. Sources informed Sudan News that the employees were taken to an undisclosed location. Recent reports reveal numerous RSF attacks on humanitarian convoys, targeting international aid workers and impeding relief efforts. For example, in Wadi Um Gandol, 16 WFP food trucks were seized, and workers were threatened. The RSF has also intercepted UNICEF aid convoys carrying essential medications for children, aiming to obstruct international humanitarian operations as a tactic of warfare.
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The RSF’s Deadly Artillery: Civilians Trapped in Shelters and Displacement Camps
Artillery attacks by RSF forces have killed over 5,000 civilians, according to the latest estimates. On October 12, 2024, two people died, and four were injured when an RSF artillery shell struck the Zain Al-Abidin School shelter in the Kafoot neighbourhood. The victims were identified as:
• Zamzam Mohamed Kamoun
• Nahid Ahmed Mohamed Nour
The wounded include:
• Ala Zakaria Abdelrahman
• Walaa Zakaria Abdelrahman
• Khadija Yahya Ahmed Yahya
• Hafiz Mustafa Hashem
Elsewhere, at least 10 more lives were lost, and others injured in an RSF artillery assault targeting Abu Shouk Displacement Camp in El Fasher, North Darfur. According to eyewitnesses, RSF artillery fire struck various parts of the camp, including the market area, resulting in civilian casualties. Camp resident Adam Idris told Darfur 24, “The RSF’s artillery attacks impacted different camp areas, taking lives in the market area and causing extensive damage.”
On October 5, 2024, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulrahman, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State, reported that 10 civilians were either injured or killed due to artillery shelling by the RSF militia on residential areas in Al-Thawrat, Umbada, and Old Omdurman. The casualties included three fatalities, two of whom were young girls from the Al-Omda district. Seven others are currently receiving treatment at Al-Nau Hospital. The ministry has been unable to account for cases that have not yet reached hospitals.
Notably, several neighborhoods in Al-Thawra, Umbada, Old Omdurman, and various parts of Karari locality have experienced a surge in reported incidents.
The latest Ministry of Health statistics reveal that since the outbreak of war in mid-April 2023, the total number of killed and injured individuals in Khartoum State has reached 33,573. According to Dr. Ibrahim, there have been 1,597 fatalities and 31,967 injuries. Most injuries resulted from direct attacks by RSF forces on residential areas, healthcare facilities, shelters, large marketplaces, and public transportation hubs.
The RSF has recently escalated its artillery bombardment, launching attacks from positions in Bahri and West Omdurman towards civilian-dense areas in Karari locality, which remains under the control of the Sudanese Army. This intensified assault has led to hundreds of civilian casualties.
Dr. Ibrahim further reported that 23,459 major and medium surgeries have been performed for war-related injuries, including procedures to remove bullets from the bodies of those wounded. Additionally, the ministry noted that children make up 24% of the injury cases, while women account for 14%.
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Children Victims of RSF Militia Crimes – 1,200 Detained and 4,494 Killed According to Official Reports
Dr. Abdelqader Abdallah, Secretary-General of the National Council for Child Welfare, reported that 150 children who were fighting in the ranks of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were detained during the battles in the capital in October 2024. Across the conflict-affected states, a total of 1,200 children have been detained and are now under the care of the army’s child welfare unit.
In an exclusive statement to Five Minute, Dr. Abdelqader explained that these children would undergo rehabilitation in collaboration with UNICEF, the Red Cross, and the Red Crescent before being returned to their families.
Despite national and international laws prohibiting child recruitment, Dr. Abdelkader noted that the RSF continues to recruit children, often offering financial incentives to lure them into camps in Khartoum, Kordofan, Sennar, and Darfur. Currently, 8,000 children are enlisted with RSF forces. He also revealed that children are forced to drive vehicles in battles, often chained to the seats and pedals to prevent escape.
Highlighting the high child casualty rate in these conflicts, Dr. Abdelqader urged international organisations to criminalise such acts, stressing that they represent a clear violation of a child’s right to life.
In an October 2024 interview on An Hour with an Official, Sudan’s Attorney General, Fateh Tayfour, disclosed that the RSF had recruited 9,000 children, 4,494 of whom have died.
According to Nidaa Al-Wasat, a platform dedicated to documenting RSF crimes in Sudan’s central regions, the villages of Abu Quta and Al-Ruba’ Al-Awamirah in Al-Jazira State have witnessed widespread child abductions for ransom, along with intense RSF attacks on nearby villages. These assaults have included extensive looting of livestock and personal belongings.
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Displacement of 13,000, Hundreds Dead, and Dozens of Villages Burned: Massacres by RSF Militia in Al-Jazira, Kordofan, and Darfur
On 8 October 2024, an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the village of Al-Damoukia, east of the Khour Tagat area in Sheikan, rural Al-Ubayyid in North Kordofan, left 20 people dead and others with varying degrees of injury. According to eyewitnesses from Al-Damoukia who spoke to “Sudan Tribune,” the RSF assaulted the village using 30 motorcycles. The attack resulted in the death of 20 individuals and injuries to 22 others, including elderly people and children, who were subsequently taken to Al-Ubayyid Hospital for treatment.
On 9 October 2024, the spokesperson for the Sudanese Displaced Persons and Refugees Group stated that the RSF forces had executed 40 civilians and burned down 16 villages in North Darfur, leaving residents in dire conditions, forced to take refuge in caves and dry riverbeds. The group’s statement included a list of the affected villages that suffered from burning, killing, and displacement. The affected villages are as follows:
• Hillat Khalwa
• Hillat Abu Zakariya
• Hillat Abu Musa
• Hillat Haroun
• Hillat Amo
• Hillat Adam Hamdoun
• Hillat Abu Jumaa
• Hillat Mohammed Abuti
• Hillat Kalmit
• Hillat Qasoub
• Hillat Adbo
• Hillat Ishaq Tahir
• Hillat Idris Dago
• Hillat Sadiq Bara
• Hillat Abdullah Abbakar
• Hillat Bakaouri
The statement highlighted the militia’s ongoing violations, showing no regard for the rights of the elderly, disabled, children, or the sick, who suffer severely from lack of shelter, medical care, and essential medication. The group appealed to international organisations and human rights bodies to address these abuses perpetrated by the Janjaweed in these regions.
According to resistance committees, the RSF overran Qoz Al-Naqa in Al-Jazirah State, killing 40 citizens. The Abu Quta resistance committees reported that bodies were left exposed in the open fields of Qoz Al-Naqa, as RSF forces prevented residents from burying their dead.
On 15 October 2024, the RSF attacked the village of Hileiwa in the southern district of Al-Jazirah, resulting in the death of five civilians: Ibrahim Younis, Ali Bella, Ibrahim Balla, Yahya Mahmoud, and Adam Saleh. The militia had attacked the nearby village of Umm Maliha in western Al-Jazirah the previous week, killing seven civilians.
On 12 October 2024, the Darfur Regional Government issued a statement condemning the RSF’s massacre of civilians in 18 villages in North Darfur, which resulted in numerous fatalities and the displacement of 13,000 people. The statement described the massacre as a horrifying crime against humanity. The targeted areas in North Darfur included: Beer Mezza, Braidak, Donki Baashim, Dreeshqi, Hillat Abu Zakariya, Hillat Abu Musa, Hillat Haroun, Hillat Amo, Hillat Adam Hamdoun, Hillat Abu Jumaa, Hillat Mohammed Abuti, Hillat Kalmit, Hillat Qasoub, Hillat Adbo, Hillat Ishaq Tahir, Hillat Idris Dago, Hillat Sadiq Bara, Hillat Abdullah Abbkkar. This atrocity, the statement noted, adds to the ongoing list of crimes committed by the militia.
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Coptic Archbishop Reveals the Most Disturbing Crime Committed by RSF Militia Inside the Church
Sevine Wasfi, a prominent Coptic Church teacher in Omdurman, disclosed that the RSF militia had exhumed graves in churchyards, searching for gold.
During an inspection tour of the damage caused by the RSF to houses of worship and Christian graves in Old Omdurman, the Governor of Khartoum, Ahmed Othman Hamza, Lieutenant General Nasr Al-Din Awad Al-Karim from the armed forces, and the Minister of Religious Affairs, alongside a representative from the church, surveyed the extensive devastation inflicted by the militia.
The Minister of Religious Affairs remarked, “We witnessed the destruction of places of worship under the guise of bringing democracy on the ruins of mosques and churches.”
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A New Wave of Rapid Support Forces Attacks Targets Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities, and Medical Personnel Amid Condemnation from the Sudanese Ministry of Health
On 17 October 2024, the Sudanese Ministry of Health issued a strong condemnation against the continued targeting of civilians, healthcare facilities, and medical personnel by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), describing these actions as egregious violations of international laws and norms. Recently, the RSF targeted the only functioning Saudi hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, inflicting significant damage to various departments. According to medical sources, four shells struck the facility, resulting in the tragic death of a healthcare worker and causing injuries among other staff members.
Earlier, on 4 October 2024, the Sudanese Doctors’ Network reported that RSF forces had seized control of all medical facilities and pharmacies on Tuti Island, exacerbating the distress of trapped civilians, especially the elderly who are deprived of essential medications. The network condemned these actions and urgently called for an end to the blockade, demanding swift action to reopen medical facilities and the remaining pharmacies. In a subsequent statement, the network revealed that RSF forces had detained pharmacist Motaz Sanada Mohammed from his home in Al-Manshia, Khartoum, where he reportedly endured torture until his passing.
In a separate incident, the Sudanese Doctors’ Union reported that Khalid Al-Nour Farah, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, succumbed to injuries following an assault by RSF forces at his residence in Sennar. Local sources indicated that the RSF carried out a devastating raid in the Abu Hashim market, west of Sennar, looting medical facilities, smashing shopfronts, and vandalising structures. Witnesses recounted that the RSF forces stripped the hospital entirely of furnishings, windows, and doors before proceeding to residential properties, taking items as basic as food supplies, furniture, and even door and window frames. Estimated material losses exceeded 700 million Sudanese pounds, with around 1,300 sacks of sorghum and other crops reportedly seized.
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Death, Torture, and Forced Detention: Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities Targeted by RSF in Detention Centres
The family of Ibrahim Abkar Shogar, detained by the RSF in Nyala, South Darfur, has made a fervent appeal for his immediate and unconditional release. A relative informed Darfur24 that Shogar, a well-known government official who has held multiple positions in social welfare, was detained in August 2024 after he declined an offer to join the civil government executive branch. Due to his age and chronic health conditions, the family has requested that the RSF release him, stressing his need for ongoing medical care.
The RSF also detained Suleiman Ahmed Ali Krink under charges reportedly fabricated to suggest his collaboration with the Sudanese army. According to his relative, Youssef Mahmoud, Krink’s detention neglects his status as a person with disabilities, resulting from a prior car accident. The family urgently seeks his release, citing his unique needs and the profound effect on his family.
Local residents have reported a marked increase in arbitrary RSF detentions of community leaders, with young men targeted in the streets for forced conscription. In a particularly harrowing episode, a woman detained in a village near Serba, West Darfur, succumbed to injuries sustained through torture by RSF forces. According to Darfur24, the woman was detained in Abu Shajar after two of her sons were accused of joining a joint security force; she endured severe abuse in custody until her tragic death.
Reports indicate that dozens of civilians are being held in RSF detention centres under conditions that starkly violate humane treatment standards.
