The war on women’s bodies: Shocking figures on sexual violence committed by Rapid Support Forces militia members
*Al-Haqiqah *
The first periodical electronic journal specializing in documenting the crimes of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) terrorist militia in Sudan, serving as a reference for international organizations and mechanisms concerning protection of human rights worldwide – vesrion 32 – January 2026
Introduction
Government of the Republic of Sudan strongly condemns the aerial attack carried out by the rebel terrorist (RSF) militia using a drone, targeting the United Nations headquarters in Kadugli. This constitutes a grave violation of the protection afforded to UN facilities and a flagrant breach of international humanitarian law.
Targeting a protected UN facility represents a dangerous escalation and criminal behavior amounting to an act of organized terrorism. It reveals a deliberate disregard for international law and a direct threat to the work of humanitarian and international missions.
Government of Sudan holds the terrorist (RSF) militia fully responsible for this attack and calls upon the United Nations and the international community to take firm stances and deterrent measures to ensure the protection of UN facilities and humanitarian personnel and to hold the perpetrators accountable under international law.
For his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the drone attack by (RSF) militia targeting UNISFA logistics base in Kadugli. He confirmed that the attack resulted in deaths and injuries among the Bangladeshi battalion participating in peacekeeping operations. Guterres offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Bangladesh, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured. He stressed that attacks targeting UN peacekeepers are unjustifiable and may amount to war crimes, reiterating the obligation to protect UN personnel and civilians and emphasizing that accountability is essential.
Meanwhile, the Bangladeshi Armed Forces stated that “separatist armed groups” (referring to the RSF) carried out a drone attack on the UNISFA logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, killing six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injuring eight others. In a statement, they added that the Sudanese Armed Forces provided support to the UN mission in evacuating the bodies of the fallen peacekeepers.
At the same time, international reports confirm that what RSF militia is doing in El Fasher in North Darfur and Kordofan constitutes full-fledged war crimes, as RSF militia has turned the city of El Fasher into a slaughterhouse, according to reports from international agencies, in addition to detaining thousands of civilians for ransom.
Vesrion 32 of Al-Haqiqah sheds light on the ongoing crimes of (RSF) militia against civilians following their takeover of El Fasher, where, according to international reports, at least 60,000 civilians have been killed. Al-Haqiqah also presents shocking statistics on rape and sexual violence perpetrated by RSF elements in El Fasher and Bara, North Kordofan.
This version further details the militia’s massacres of children in South Kordofan through drone strikes.
Al-Haqiqah documents the RSF’s targeting of the UNISFA headquarters in Kadugli, resulting in the deaths of several mission personnel, and their systematic targeting of civilian infrastructure. It also highlights how UAE contributes to supporting genocide in Sudan.
Furthermore, Al-Haqiqah highlights the efforts undertaken by the Sudanese government, in cooperation with friendly and brotherly nations, to achieve peace and stability in Sudan.
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The War on Women’s Bodies: Shocking Figures on Sexual Violence Committed by RSF Militia elements
In December 2026, the Horn of Africa Women’s Empowerment Network (SIHA) documented 1,294 confirmed cases of sexual and gender-based violence in 14 Sudanese states between 2023 and 2025.
The network indicated that RSF militia was responsible for the vast majority of the violations, with 87% of the cases where perpetrators were identified attributed to them.
The network’s statement explained that sexual violence in this war is “systematic,” not merely “collateral damage,” as it follows the movements of the conflict and reflects shifts in territorial control.
The statement indicated that 77% of the cases for which detailed information was available were rape crimes. The network also documented 225 cases of children, mostly girls, aged between 4 and 17, who were subjected to conflict-related sexual violence, representing 18% of the total documented cases.
The statement also addressed the increasing cases of child marriage and forced marriage as negative coping mechanisms or under threat by elements of RSF militia.
The network further revealed 40 cases of sexual violence under gunpoint perpetrated by elements of RSF militia in the city of Bara, North Kordofan State.
In the same context, the Sudanese Doctors Network revealed that 54 children and 19 women were subjected to rape during their displacement from El Fasher to Tawila in North Darfur and during their displacement to the north of the country.
Dr. Adiba Ibrahim Al-Sayed, an internal medicine and epidemiology specialist and a member of the Omdurman branch of the Doctors’ Syndicate’s preparatory committee, told Sudan Tribune that “the number of cases of sexual assault and rape among children who arrived in the Tawila area has reached 54.”
RSF elements pursued those fleeing El Fasher along escape routes after committing grave violations in the city immediately following its capture. These violations included mass killings, sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, and detention for ransom.
Documentation of 12 New Rape Cases in North Kordofan:
The Gender Equality Network in North Kordofan revealed that it had documented the rape of 12 women by RSF elements in the city of Bara.
After seizing control of Bara in late October, RSF carried out retaliatory attacks against civilians, including killings, sexual violence, looting, humiliation, and forced displacement.
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At Least 60,000 Civilians Killed; Satellite Images Show RSF Turned Sudanese City into a Slaughterhouse
December 5, 2025
The Guardian reported that the Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene and slaughterhouse,” with large piles of bodies accumulating in its streets, while the paramilitary (RSF) militia works to destroy evidence of the scale of their massacre.
The newspaper added that six weeks after the RSF seized control of the city, bodies were collected in dozens of piles, awaiting burial in mass graves or burning in large pits, according to analyses. With the capital of North Darfur state still closed to outsiders, including UN war crimes investigators, satellite imagery has revealed a network of newly dug burn and burial pits believed to have been used to dispose of large numbers of bodies.
While the final death toll from the massacre remains unclear, British parliamentarians have been informed that at least 60,000 civilians have been killed. 60,000 people killed in El Fasher.
Sarah Champion, chair of the House of Commons International Development Committee, said: “Members received a special briefing on Sudan, during which one academic stated: ‘Our low estimate is that 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’”
The fate of up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher remains unknown since the city captured by RSF militia. They are not believed to have left the city, and this grim development comes amid increasingly pessimistic speculation about their fate.
Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Humanitarian Research Laboratory at Yale University, who has been closely analyzing satellite imagery of El Fasher, said the city is eerily empty, with its once bustling markets now deserted. Yale’s latest analysis indicates that the markets are now so unused they are overgrown with weeds, and all livestock appears to have been moved out of the city, which had a population of 1.5 million before the war began in April 2023.
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Kologi: The Massacre Where Cameras Disappeared:
December 7, 2025
A local official revealed that the death toll from the bombing of a kindergarten and hospital in Kologi, South Kordofan State, has risen to 114. Condemnations of the incident, which the European Union described as a war crime, have poured in.
RSF and the SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) launched an attack on Kologi using a drone, targeting a kindergarten at least twice before striking the town’s rural hospital where the victims were being treated.
The Executive Director of Kologi locality, Issam al-Din al-Nunu, stated in a press release that “the number of victims in the town has risen to 114 dead and 71 wounded.”
He attributed the high death toll to the critical condition of some of the wounded, in addition to families avoiding taking injured people to the hospital, which was also bombed.
The Sudanese government strongly condemned what it described as a “heinous crime” committed by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) militia, led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, in coordination with (RSF) militia.
The government stated that the attack was carried out using four missiles launched from a drone, targeting a kindergarten, a hospital in Qadir, and densely populated residential areas in a blatant violation of their fundamental rights.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan issued a strongly worded statement condemning the drone attack on a kindergarten in South Kordofan State, describing the incident as a “horrific violation of children’s rights.”
The UN agency explained in its statement that the airstrikes targeting the Qadir locality in the city of Kologi, South Kordofan State, resulted in the deaths of more than ten children, aged between five and seven, who were inside the kindergarten.
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International Report Reveals Militia’s Detention of Survivors from El Fasher for Ransom; Sudanese Doctors Confirm the Detention of More Than 19,000 People, Including 73 Medical Personnel:
December 3, 2025
Witnesses, aid workers, and researchers told Reuters that RSF militia, which besieged a city in Darfur and then stormed it in late October, is systematically detaining residents. They hold people for ransom, killing or beating those whose families cannot pay.
Reuters was unable to determine the number of people detained by the paramilitary (RSF) and allied militias in and around El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. However, reports indicate that large groups are being held in a cluster of villages 80 kilometers (50 miles) from El Fasher, while others have been returned to the city where the RSF is demanding thousands of dollars in ransom from their relatives.
Their detentions highlight the dangers faced by those unable to reach safety from El Fasher, which was the last major stronghold against the RSF in West Darfur before its fall. Witnesses have described mass reprisals, including summary executions and sexual violence, since the RSF took control.
Reuters interviewed 33 former detainees, as well as 10 aid workers and researchers, who provided previously unreported details about the violence faced by the detainees, the locations where they were held, and the scale of the arrests. Survivors described paying ransoms ranging from 5 million Sudanese pounds ($1,400) to 60 million Sudanese pounds ($17,000), huge sums in a poor region.
Eleven survivors said that many who could not pay were shot at close range or cut to pieces in groups, while other captives were severely beaten. A Reuters reporter saw survivors who had fled across the border into Chad with injuries that appeared to be from beatings and gunshot wounds. Reuters was unable to fully verify their accounts.
Ethnic Violence
Survivors from RSF militia detention in and around El Fasher told Reuters they were repeatedly asked about their tribal affiliation and subjected to racial slurs.
Sudan Doctors Network: RSF militia detains more than 19,000 people in “Degris” and “Kober” prisons, including 73 medical personnel:
In the same context, a report prepared by teams from the Sudan Doctors Network, based on information from inside Nyala, South Darfur State, revealed the conditions inside “Degris” and “Kober” prisons, one of the largest sites of arbitrary detention in South Darfur State, and a number of other detention facilities under the control of RSF militia in Darfur states. The information indicates widespread arrest campaigns targeting members of the security forces, civilian professionals, and political activists. These detentions are taking place in an environment lacking basic humanitarian and legal standards, and detainees are being deprived of their fundamental rights.
According to local network sources, the number of detainees, prisoners, and political and professional detainees indicates that there are more than 19,000 people held in Dagris and Kober prisons, as well as in several RSF militia detention centers in Darfur. These include 4,270 prisoners belonging to the Unified Police, 544 from the Security Apparatus, 3,795 from the Armed Forces, and 5,000 detainees from El Fasher, in addition to groups of pro-army forces, though precise figures are unavailable. Furthermore, 5,434 detainees from various civilian professions, political figures, and journalists have been documented, most of whom were arrested in Khartoum and Darfur, including 73 medical personnel.
The network confirmed that the deteriorating health environment inside prisons, due to the spread of several infectious diseases resulting from overcrowding, poor hygiene, and the lack of medical isolation, has led to a cholera outbreak claiming the lives of detainees due to the absence of medical care. This, coupled with a severe shortage of medicine, potable water, and sufficient food, is a primary cause of the increasing death toll, with more than four deaths recorded weekly due to medical neglect. The network also cited the lack of qualified personnel, the unavailability of ambulances, and the inability to transfer critical cases to hospitals.
The Sudanese Doctors Network called on the United Nations and international organizations to pressure the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leadership to release civilian detainees, provide them with necessary care, publish lists of detainees, and allow families to know the status of their relatives.
The network also revealed that the RSF is holding more than 100 families in the city of Babanusa in Kordofan, including children, in extremely dangerous humanitarian conditions. Several detainees, particularly women, have been subjected to beatings, humiliation, and torture.
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International Concern Over Attack on UNISFA Logistics Base in Kadugli, Killing Bangladeshi Soldiers
On December 12, 2025, six peacekeepers from (UNISFA) were killed in a drone attack by (RSF) militia targeting a UNISFA camp in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State.
Sudanese Government Condemns
The Government of the Republic of Sudan strongly condemned the aerial attack carried out by the terrorist and rebel RSF militia using a drone, targeting the United Nations compound in Kadugli. This constitutes a grave violation of the protection afforded to UN facilities and a flagrant breach of international humanitarian law.
The Sudanese government affirmed that targeting a protected UN facility represents a dangerous escalation and criminal behavior amounting to organized terrorism. It reveals a deliberate disregard for international law and poses a direct threat to the work of humanitarian and international missions.
The Sudanese government held (RSF) militia fully responsible for this attack and called on the United Nations and the international community to take firm stances and deterrent measures to ensure the protection of UN facilities and humanitarian personnel and to hold the perpetrators accountable under international law.
International Concern Over the Attack
UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the horrific drone attacks that targeted the Kadugli base, killing six people and injuring eight others – all members of the Bangladeshi peacekeeping battalion serving with (UNISFA).
In a statement issued on December 13, 2025, he warned that “attacks targeting UN peacekeepers may amount to war crimes under international law.”
The Secretary-General offered his deepest condolences to the Government of Bangladesh and to the families of the victims. He wished a speedy recovery to the injured and confirmed that support was being provided to the wounded peacekeepers before their evacuation.
Mr. Guterres reiterated their commitment to protecting UN personnel and civilians, stating that the attacks targeting peacekeepers in South Kordofan were “unjustifiable and those responsible must be held accountable.”
He also expressed his solidarity with the thousands of peacekeepers who continue to serve under the blue flag in the most dangerous environments.
According to Reuters, the Bangladeshi armed forces said in a statement that Sudanese authorities had done their utmost to recover the bodies, provide medical treatment, and conduct rescue operations for the injured.
Meanwhile, (UNISFA) stated that the unauthorized presence of (RSF) militia in the town had led to increased crime rates and illegal checkpoints.
The militia’s presence in Abyei has remained a concern for the United Nations, particularly after its February 28 attack on a UNISFA convoy traveling from Abyei to the headquarters of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism in Kadugli, South Kordofan.
“The unauthorized presence of RSF militia in northern Abyei has led to increased crime rates, the emergence of illegal checkpoints, and growing insecurity,” UNISFA said in a statement.
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Attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan culminated in a massacre at a hospital in El Fasher
On November 28, 2025, Reuters reported that as Sudanese paramilitary (RSF) fighters advanced on government-held positions in the besieged city of El Fasher in North Darfur in October, a minimal medical staff at the city’s last functioning hospital treated the wounded who flooded into a makeshift emergency room.
Shells rained down on the area surrounding the Saudi Hospital, injuring both civilians and combatants. One nurse, her scrubs stained with the blood of the wounded, said it looked like “Judgment Day.” Medical staff resorted to bandaging wounds and splinting broken limbs using mosquito nets after running out of gauze and bandages.
“We had to jump over bodies to reach the patients,” the nurse said. “We couldn’t bury them because drones were flying overhead.” A witness reported that the following day, October 26, the shelling continued and (RSF) fighters entered the hospital.
On October 27, RSF fighters abducted Abdullah Yusuf, a trader, on the road. Yusuf told Reuters he saw bodies scattered throughout the hospital compound, including those of children, women, the elderly, and patients who were unable to escape due to their illnesses. He added that he saw RSF fighters taking people from the hospital, holding some for ransom and killing others.
“They took the young men and killed them on the road,” Yusuf said.
The World Health Organization reported that the shelling of the Saudi hospital on October 26 killed a nurse and injured three other healthcare workers. It also noted that in a separate attack on October 28, more than 460 patients and their companions were shot dead there. Reuters was unable to independently verify the date or the death toll.
Satellite images taken on October 28 reveal evidence of mass killings at the Saudi hospital. According to an analysis by the Yale University Humanities Research Lab, the images show clusters of human-sized bodies. Researchers at the lab stated that later images showed what appeared to be cremated bodies, a practice contrary to Islamic burial customs, with rectangular white bodies “clearly charred and emitting black smoke.”
The October attacks on the Saudi hospital exemplified what doctors considered a systematic campaign by the Rapid Support Forces militia to dismantle the healthcare system in the besieged city of El Fasher, as part of a broader effort to expel civilians and seize the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state.
MSF withdraws staff from Darfur hospital after staff member killed
In December 2025, MSF announced the withdrawal of its staff from a hospital in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur State in western Sudan, after a healthcare worker was killed and four others were injured in a shooting by elements of (RSF) militia.
The statement added that following the incident, and for the second time this year, Doctors Without Borders was forced to reduce its support at the Zalingei hospital and withdraw its staff “to ensure the safety of its teams.”
Sudan Doctors Network: RSF convert Al-Nuhud Hospital into a military command center and barracks
In the same context, the Sudan Doctors Network stated that (RSF) militia has converted Al-Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan State into a military command center and barracks since storming the city more than five months ago, preventing the hospital from fulfilling its essential role in providing healthcare to the population. This military use of the health facility constitutes a blatant violation of the sanctity of medical institutions and undermines the right of civilians to access treatment.
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Amnesty International: UAE Support for RSF Facilitated Atrocities in El Fasher
December 2025
Survivors who fled El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Sudan, told Amnesty International that (RSF) militia fighters executed dozens of unarmed men and raped scores of women and girls during their control of the city.
Amnesty International researchers interviewed survivors who described witnessing groups of men being shot or beaten and taken hostage for ransom. Female survivors described being subjected to sexual violence by RSF fighters, as well as some of their daughters. Many of those interviewed described seeing hundreds of bodies lying in the streets of El Fasher and on the main roads leading into the city.
These harrowing accounts are among the first to come from eyewitnesses who fled El Fasher after its fall. Amnesty International interviewed 28 survivors who reached safety in the towns of Tawila, west of El Fasher, and Tina, on the border with Chad, after fleeing when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) besieged and then entered El Fasher on October 26.
Three interviews were conducted in person in Chad, and the rest were conducted remotely via mobile phones.
“The world must not turn a blind eye as more details emerge about the RSF’s brutal attack on El Fasher,” said Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General. “The survivors we interviewed recounted unbelievable horrors they faced while fleeing the city.”
“In the coming weeks, more evidence of the violence perpetrated by RSF fighters in El Fasher will come to light. This ongoing and widespread violence against civilians constitutes war crimes and may also constitute other crimes under international law. All those responsible must be held accountable.”
“The UAE’s support for the RSF facilitated these atrocities,” she added. This continued support from the United Arab Emirates is fueling the ongoing cycle of violence against civilians in Sudan, and the international community and the UN Security Council must demand that the UAE cease its support for the Rapid Support Forces militia.
Al-Haqiqah Documents
US Sanctions on Network Recruiting Colombian Fighters for Sudan’s RSF
On December 10, 2026, the United States imposed sanctions on a transnational network that Washington says recruits former Colombian soldiers and trains fighters, including children, to fight for (RSF) in Sudan.
Washington stated that the move targets a “significant source of external support” for these forces, which are accused of committing widespread atrocities during the war in Sudan.
US Treasury Department said that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on four individuals and four entities linked to a network led by Colombian actors that has contributed to fueling the conflict by recruiting former Colombian military personnel and training fighters, including children, to fight within the RSF.
The sanctions include freezing any assets these individuals and entities may hold within US jurisdiction, prohibiting Americans from dealing with them, and banning their entry into the United States. Violators may also face civil and criminal penalties.
- Who were the targets?*
Washington said the network it targeted consisted mostly of Colombian citizens and companies that, since September 2024, had been recruiting former Colombian military personnel, some with experience in artillery, drones, and field operations, and sending them to Sudan to serve as fighters, drivers, drone operators, and trainers for (RSF) militia elements, including children.
The Treasury Department added that these fighters were deployed to several fronts within Sudan, including the capital Khartoum, Omdurman, and the states of Kordofan and Darfur, and participated in major battles, including the operation that ended with the RSF taking control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, on October 26, 2025, after a siege that lasted about 18 months.
U.S. officials say that the involvement of Colombian fighters with military experience enabled the RSF to enhance its combat capabilities in a complex arena like Darfur, where international organizations have documented mass killings, torture, and widespread sexual violence. Civilians after the fall of El Fasher.
The sanctions list includes the names of individuals and companies that OFAC says constitute the “organizational and financial backbone” of the network, including:
- Álvaro Andrés Quijano Becerra: A former Colombian officer with dual Colombian and Italian citizenship, residing in the United Arab Emirates. The Treasury Department accuses him of playing a pivotal role in recruiting and coordinating the deployment of former Colombian military personnel to Sudan on behalf of the Rapid Support Forces militia.
- National Employment Agency: A Bogotá-based recruitment company co-founded by Quijano. U.S. authorities say it served as a hub for recruitment operations, offering positions including drone operators, snipers, and translators.
Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero: Quijano’s wife and the owner and director of the same agency. Washington says she oversaw the administrative and operational aspects of the recruitment contracts related to sending fighters to Sudan. - Mateo Andrés Duque Botero: A dual Colombian-Spanish citizen, he runs Main Global Corp. in Bogotá. The Treasury Department accuses him of managing and transferring funds intended to pay Colombian fighters.
- Global Stuffing, later renamed Talent Bridge, based in Panama, is said to have acted as an intermediary to conceal the National Employment Agency’s actual role in recruitment contracts and money transfers.
- Mónica Muñoz Ocruz and Comercializadora San Benedito in Colombia. Washington accuses them of managing bank transfers related to paying fighters and covering other logistical costs.
The inclusion of these individuals and entities on the OFAC lists means freezing any assets they hold within the U.S. financial system and prohibiting U.S. financial institutions, companies, and individuals from engaging in any transactions with them, including providing any financial or material services.
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, John K. Hurley stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) “have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to target civilians, including infants and young children,” and that the sanctioned network “directly contributed to enabling these forces to commit atrocities” by providing them with highly trained fighters.
The US administration views these sanctions as part of a broader effort to “disrupt foreign military support” for the RSF and limit its ability to utilize foreign fighters on the battlefield.
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As part of its targeting of civilian infrastructure, RSF militia seizes the Heglig oil field and bombs the Atbara power station
December 8, 2025 – As part of its systematic targeting of civilian infrastructure, RSF militia seized the Heglig oil field in West Kordofan State after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdrew to spare the oil facilities from the risk of destruction during the fighting.
Companies operating in the field halted production due to the militia’s takeover. The Heglig field contains 75 oil wells that used to produce 64,000 barrels of oil per day before production declined to 20,000 barrels after the war.
The Heglig oil fields have been subjected to violent attacks by RSF militia using drones, the most recent of which was on November 13, resulting in the death of three workers and damage to the central processing plant laboratory.
These attacks and acts of theft have led to a reduction in oil production and the collapse of supply chains in the Heglig oil field, which houses a central processing plant for 130,000 barrels of oil produced in South Sudan’s Unity State and exported through Sudanese territory.
Mass Displacement
In the same context, hundreds of displaced families from Heglig in West Kordofan State arrived in Kosti in White Nile State following (RSF) takeover of the oil-rich area bordering South Sudan.
RSF Target Atbara Substation
December 18, 2025
The Sudan Electricity Company announced that the Atbara power substation was attacked by drones belonging to RSF militia, resulting in significant damage to transformers and causing a power outage across large parts of the city. The outage also affected River Nile and Red Sea States, as well as parts of Omdurman.
Two members of the Civil Defense were killed in the attack on the Atbara power substation in River Nile State, northern Sudan.
Minister of Education for River Nile State offered his condolences to the family of student Yusra Abdullah, whose home was struck by militia targeting the power substation, resulting in her death and injuries to other family members.
Al-Haqiqah Documents
Saudi Arabia’s Intensive Efforts to Establish Peace in Sudan
December 15, 2025
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met the Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to discuss developments in Sudan and regional and international efforts to support security and stability amidst the ongoing war and its worsening humanitarian consequences.
Saudi Arabia Seeks to End the War in Sudan:
This meeting took place at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), at a time when the Sudanese arena is witnessing a continuous military escalation between the Sudanese army and RSF militia.
SPA reported that the meeting addressed “the latest developments in Sudan and their repercussions, and the efforts being made to achieve security and stability.” Several senior Saudi officials attended the meeting, including Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers and National Security Advisor Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan, and the Saudi Ambassador to Sudan, Ali Hassan Jaafar.
These moves come within the framework of the role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in regional mediation and diplomacy.
In a related context, President Burhan had expressed his appreciation to the Saudi Crown Prince last November, praising his role in conveying an accurate picture of the Sudanese crisis during a meeting with US President Donald Trump during Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington. Burhan considered this role to have contributed to clarifying the dimensions and complexities of the conflict on the international stage.
The Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council affirmed his support for the initiatives led by the Saudi Crown Prince to establish peace, indicating his readiness to engage with them in a way that leads to ending the war in a manner that “meets the aspirations of all Sudanese.”
At the conclusion of the talks, he tweeted: “I was honored today to visit the brotherly country, the land of goodness, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Thank you for the warm welcome. Thank you, my dear brother, son of the most generous, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
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Egypt Renews Full Support for Achieving Security and Stability in Sudan:
December 18, 2025
1st Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held joint talks at the Presidential Palace in Cairo concerning the development and enhancement of bilateral relations and strengthening cooperation between the two brotherly countries.
The two presidents addressed regional and international issues, particularly the situation in the Nile Basin and the Horn of Africa. They affirmed their countries’ shared visions regarding national security priorities and their commitment to continued coordination to protect water security and reject unilateral actions in the Blue Nile Basin.
The talks also addressed the latest developments in Sudan and the ongoing efforts to achieve peace. Regional and international efforts to restore peace and stability in Sudan were also reviewed. The discussions reaffirmed Egypt’s unwavering support for Sudan’s unity, sovereignty, security, and stability.
The discussions also addressed the Arab Republic of Egypt’s readiness to provide all possible assistance to the Sudanese people in addressing the current humanitarian crisis. Emphasis was placed on the necessity of halting the crimes committed against the Sudanese people and holding those responsible accountable.
In a statement, the Arab Republic of Egypt reiterated its full support for US President Donald Trump’s vision for achieving security, stability, and peace in Sudan, within the framework of President Trump’s approach to peacemaking, de-escalation, and conflict resolution worldwide.
Egypt expressed its concern regarding the continued escalation and heightened tensions in Sudan, and the resulting horrific massacres and blatant violations of the most basic human rights against Sudanese civilians, particularly in El Fasher.
Egypt affirmed that there are red lines that cannot be crossed or compromised, as this directly impacts Egyptian national security, which is inextricably linked to Sudanese national security.
Egypt stressed that preserving Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity, and safeguarding its resources and the resources of the Sudanese people, are among the most important of these red lines, including preventing the secession of any part of Sudanese territory. In the same context, Egypt reiterated its categorical rejection of the establishment of any parallel entities or their recognition, considering this a threat to Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity.
It emphasized that preserving Sudanese state institutions and preventing any infringement upon them is another red line for Egypt. Egypt affirmed its full right to take all necessary measures and actions guaranteed by international law and the joint defense agreement between the two brotherly countries to ensure that these red lines are not violated or crossed.
The Chairman of the Sovereign Council expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Arab Republic of Egypt for hosting and caring for Sudanese residents and providing them with assistance.
He noted that this is the Egyptian people’s custom of honoring and welcoming guests, emphasizing the depth of Sudanese-Egyptian relations. He concluded the visit with a tweet on the X platform: “Thank you, Egypt. Thank you, President El-Sisi.”
