An exclusive periodical electronic13″.
Introduction
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued on March 8, 2024, welcomed the plea of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to halt hostilities in Sudan during the month of Ramadan. However, to avoid repeating past experiences like the one during last Ramadan’s appeal by Guterres, where the Sudanese Armed Forces complied with the humanitarian truces established through the Jeddah platform, the RSF militia exploited these truces to arm themselves and strengthen their military position, seizing more homes of citizens and facilities such as hospitals, mosques, churches, and civilian properties. Consequently, these truces deepened the humanitarian crisis in the country and enabled the militia to commit greater atrocities and violations.
Therefore, to ensure the Secretary-General’s latest call achieves its desired outcomes and does not echo past failures, the militia’s adherence to its commitments as per the Jeddah platform was demanded, including withdrawing from civilians’ homes and public facilities, leaving the states of Gezira and Sennar and all attacked cities, halting the atrocities and violations committed across various states, and returning looted public and private properties.
Simultaneously, lawyers widely criticized the Human Rights Commissioner’s report for not fully covering the clear violations and crimes documented through reports, documents, video clips, and victims’ statements, which proved the crimes of the RSF militia. The report was considered modest and failed to convey the magnitude of the disaster, with lawyers affirming that the RSF practised forced marriage under the threat of arms in neighbourhoods and villages of the Gezira, affecting many girls under the age of 18.
Meanwhile, reports monitored by El Haqeeqa magazine unveiled a new series of severe violations committed by the RSF militia in the states of Khartoum, Gezira, South Kordofan, and North and West Darfur.
El Haqeeqa magazine in its “13th” issue, focused on the most dangerous reports and documents about the conditions of displaced people fleeing the crimes of the RSF militia, in camps in East Chad and North Darfur, and monitored a new series of violations by the RSF militia in Gezira, South Kordofan, and West Darfur states. The Truth also documented with numbers and statistics cases of rape, kidnapping, abortion, and pregnancy among girls under the age of “18”, militia violations in the healthcare sector, and the oil and mining sector, and obtained new numbers and cases of enforced disappearance and exclusion of civilians, supported by victims’ and witnesses’ testimonies.
Reports also recently documented massacres by the militia on the Masalit tribe, and its violations of churches, in addition to monitoring the most severe violations on civilians, state institutions, and infrastructure.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
Refugees in East Chad: “We fled from fire to fire due to the RSF’s attack on us in Serba, demanding accountability, while displaced persons in Kasab and Kabkabiya camps in North Darfur blame the RSF militia for assaults and worsening conditions:
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East Chad, Wednesday, February 28, 2024: (Radio Dabanga) Refugees in Melh camp in East Chad complained of a lack of water for more than a month, inadequate security and healthcare, and insufficient distribution of food aid. The camp shelters about 60,000 displaced individuals who fled from the locality of Serba in West Darfur following an attack by the RSF on the area last July, where they were hosted in a region at the Chad border. About one million refugees have fled to Chad since the onset of the current war, distributed across approximately seven camps. One of the refugees from the Salt camp told Radio Dabanga that the camp has been without water for more than a month, forcing refugees to walk 7 kilometers to access water due to the lack of transport. He pointed out the absence of water tankers in the camp, unlike other camps.
In terms of health, refugees at Melh camp reported a lack of healthcare and services. They mentioned an existing health unit in the old Salt camp, but it does not provide any services and is 8 kilometers away from the new camp. One refugee highlighted the difficulty of transporting pregnant women to the center for childbirth due to the lack of transport. He said the authorities do not allow the issuance of birth certificates, vaccinations for newborns, or any services if the birth does not occur in the health unit, alerting to the prevalence of cough and diarrhea in the camp.
He also mentioned that refugees face assaults by host communities when they go out to collect firewood, alongside the widespread occurrence of theft, especially of motorcycles.
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Calling for accountability of the RSF and their allied militias: A delegation from the US Congress visits a camp for Sudanese refugees in East Chad:
A delegation from the US Congress visited the Farshana camp for Sudanese refugees in East Chad.
A Radio Dabanga correspondent reported that refugees in the camp, during their meeting with the seven-member delegation, demanded an end to the war and accountability for the RSF and the militias allied with them. They also called for the removal of new settlers from the lands and homes of refugees and displaced persons.
Chad hosts over 700,000 Sudanese refugees fleeing the current war that erupted in April last year, in addition to about 400,000 others who have sought refuge over the years due to the Darfur conflict 20 years ago.
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Rising death rates due to the collapse of health conditions in Kasab camp, with urgent humanitarian pleas:
February 24, 2024
The coordination of Kasab and Fitaberno camps in North Darfur issued an urgent humanitarian appeal to regional and international organizations to rescue the displaced suffering from severe famine, with the health situation deteriorating and death rates increasing due to the lack of medicine and healthcare staff.
The appeal noted that residents of Kasab and Fitaberno camps rely on humanitarian aid from organizations and local corn production. However, they have been unable to farm due to the lack of security and targeted attacks by “militias” on displaced persons in farms, leading to a humanitarian famine.
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Worsening security situation and increasing death rates in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, after RSF’ takeover:
February 27, 2024 – Citizens and displaced people from Kabkabiya, North Darfur, reported an increase in deaths among newborns, the elderly, and pregnant women in hospitals due to high malnutrition rates, warning of an impending famine in the area.
Locals told Radio Dabanga that all organizations working in the food sector, including the World Food Programme, left the area since the outbreak of the war, and no food aid has been distributed since April last year.
They confirmed that 70% of farmers have not cultivated their lands due to the deteriorating security situation, affecting food security due to limited production on cultivated areas. They also warned of the influx of displaced people from various war zones into the area, increasing pressure on limited services.
Regarding the security situation in Kabkabiya, locals revealed to Radio Dabanga the killing and injuring of dozens in the area due to the ongoing war, noting that the area has been under the control of the RSF since the conflict began.
They warned that the situation has worsened since the beginning of this year, with about three people being killed weekly and others injured due to ongoing security issues by armed individuals on motorcycles, some wearing camouflage and others in RSF uniforms. They also pointed to continuous arrests and financial penalties.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
Statistics reveal violations by the RSF militia in the health sector – “400” health facilities and clinics out of service in Gezira State, the death of “3” doctors and “2” healthcare workers, and the Health Emergency Committee assesses the damage in Omdurman hospitals after their liberation from militia control:
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Loss of Medications and Medical Aids Worth $600 Million
Doctors Around the World Organization Observes Health Conditions in Gezira State:
For over 80 days, residents of Gezira State have been living in complex humanitarian and health situations due to the control of the RSF militia over the state. As a result, more than 4 million Sudanese and over 3,000 foreigners have fled to other states in search of safety. Gezira State, home to over 980 medical facilities and units providing regular services across its eight localities, has seen 400 health facilities and clinics go out of service. Additionally, a stockpile of medicine and medical consumables from 5 stores belonging to the Federal and State Ministry of Health and 84 stores owned by medical companies and organizations, valued at about $600 million, has been lost, marking the largest humanitarian disaster in Gezira State in decades. Consequently, hundreds of patients with heart, kidney, and cancer conditions, who relied on specialized hospitals in Madani as a refuge and sanctuary, have been affected. The Ministry of Health and organizations have made efforts to turn these hospitals into centers for most of Sudan’s medical services. Eyewitnesses mentioned that Gezira’s healthcare system lost several MRI machines, CT scanners, ultrasound devices, and precision instruments for heart, kidney, and cancer diseases, making the humanitarian situation there increasingly complex. The organization is monitoring the catastrophic effects of this situation on the ground and appeals to international, humanitarian, and national organizations to assist and collaborate with authorities and emergency committees to create humanitarian corridors for possible assistance.
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Doctors Around the World Denounce the Killing of “3” and Kidnapping of “2” Medical Staff in Gezira State:
March 4, 2024 – Doctors Around the World, an independent medical organization, through its medical team and after complex field follow-ups due to communication blackouts in Gezira State and movement difficulties due to ongoing military operations and fuel shortages, condemned an inhumane incident by the RSF. The forces killed Dr. A.A. and another medical staff member at the rural Arab Madani hospital following a failed surgery on one of their wounded soldiers. Dr. M.S., who worked at Hasihasa Hospital, was also killed, along with the kidnapping of two medical staff members, one from the city of Rufaa in East Gezira and the other from Al-Doha village in South Gezira, representing a blatant violation of humanitarian law and international humanitarian law. We firmly reject the targeting of doctors and healthcare workers by the RSF in Gezira State and call on the Ministry of Health, medical institutions, and local and international legal and judicial institutions to condemn this unacceptable act.
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Including Several Hospitals Used as Military Barracks by the Militia: Head of the Health Emergency Committee in Khartoum Reviews the Damage to the Health Sector in Omdurman
The head of the Health Emergency Committee, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, today assessed the damage to healthcare institution buildings in the liberated areas of Omdurman. The visit included Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Asia Specialized Hospital, the Medical Corps Hospital, the Chinese Hospital, Awad Hussein and Children’s Omdurman Hospitals. The visit revealed the extent of damage to the health buildings, which the rebel militia had used as military barracks, demonstrating the militia’s barbarity and violation of international laws and conventions, considering healthcare facilities as vital service facilities providing citizens with health services. Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Rahman, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, stated that all liberated hospitals in Omdurman localities would gradually resume services in preparation for the return of citizens. He mentioned that the Health Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State is currently inventorying the existing, lost, and damaged equipment and preparing facilities to provide health services and preparing health staff to work in the liberated hospitals. He praised the healthcare staff for their national efforts that will be remembered in history, attributing the success in the health sector to the support committee and crisis management, including the Federal Minister of Health, the Governor of Khartoum State, and the Minister of Health of Khartoum State. The visit was attended by Dr. Sohail Al-Bashir, Director General of Curative Medicine, Dr. Mohamed Faisal, Director of Private Treatment Institutions, Siddeeq Nasar, Director General of Financial and Administrative Affairs, Dr. Essam El-Din Hassan, Director of Medical Laboratories, Bashir Mohamed Abdullah, Executive Director of Forensic Medicine, and Aref Al-Jailani, Executive Director of Curative Medicine.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
Between killings, terror, forced displacement, and the looting of hundreds of villages: The most alarming reports on violations by the RSF militia in Gezira State
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French News Agency reveals the extent of violations committed by the RSF in Gezira:
March 4, 2024 – The French News Agency reported that villages and towns in Gezira State, central Sudan, have been living in a state of panic and fear since the RSF took control three months ago, especially after communications were cut off.
With the outbreak of fighting in Wad Madani, half a million Sudanese were forced to flee again. One of the residents, in a call with Agence France-Presse via a rare satellite phone, recounted the ongoing violence faced by the people of Gezira.
Dozens killed and lootings
From the village of Branko on the eastern bank of the Blue Nile, about 55 km north of Wad Madani, a man, asking not to be named, said, “On February 22, the militia (RSF) fired at dozens of villagers protesting their arrest of sons who were guarding their homes from theft at night.”
He continued, “18″ people were injured with varying degrees of wounds, some of whom were transferred to Shendi Hospital, which is 250 km away from them.”
In the town of Tabat, 80 km northwest of Wad Madani, Al-Sammani, who requested not to be fully identified for security reasons, said, “After a few weeks of calm, the RSF militia returned a few days ago to attack homes and intimidate women to take their gold jewelry.” Al-Sammani added, “They did not leave a car or agricultural machinery unless they took it.”
He confirmed that “dozens of families fled from Tabat and ten neighboring villages,” explaining that fleeing was “extremely difficult due to the lack of transportation after the vehicles were looted and the lack of cash due to the stoppage of internet banking applications.”
Residents in the southern part of the state bordering Sennar State complain of increased home invasions. One citizen of Wad Naaman village said, “Our suffering increases day by day. When citizens try to defend their homes against looting, a larger force comes and shoots randomly.”
In Abu Adarara village near Tabat, five civilians were killed on February 25, according to resistance committees, groups that organized demonstrations and protests against military rule.
Across Gezira State, resistance committees counted “86” deaths in addition to many injured in “53” villages attacked by RSF.
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A UN report reveals shocking statistics about the security and humanitarian situation in Gezira:
Doctors Around the World organization disclosed detailed statistics on the humanitarian situation in Gezira State since the entry of the RSF in December last year. According to the organization’s statement, “6” out of the eight localities in Gezira were affected, except for Al Manaqil and Al Qureshi localities.
The death toll reached “166” individuals, including “4” children, with about “1800” injured, in addition to “53” missing persons. “7” cases of rape were documented, and two children died from malnutrition, along with the death of an elderly man in southern Gezira due to not having food for two days. The number of villages affected by looting and plundering reached about “112” so far, with all cars in them being looted or stolen.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
With 137 killed and injured in three weeks due to the RSF’ attack on Gezira’s villages.
Radio Dabanga – The Central Observatory for Human Rights revealed that “46” people were killed and “91” others were injured in “39” attacks conducted by the RSF over three weeks on villages in the Hasahisa locality in Gezira State. The RSF have been controlling large parts of Gezira State for more than two months.
The Center described what happened as a series of violations and concerning events. It noted that the report was prepared under complex circumstances, including a complete shutdown of communication networks in the Gezira area and other extensive parts of Sudan, and almost nonexistent movement between cities and villages.
The violations included looting, blackout, and internet disruption. The center called on international and regional bodies to intervene, investigate these events, and hold the perpetrators accountable. The Sudanese Doctors’ Central Committee established the Observatory in February to monitor the human rights situation.
Civilian resistance committees in Madani accused the RSF of committing a massacre in the village of Sharif Mukhtar in south Gezira, with preliminary reports indicating many martyrs and injured, and displacement of residents towards White Nile and Managil areas. In another development, civilian resistance committees revealed the continued deployment of RSF elements inside the city of Rufaa. The report indicated ongoing violations by the RSF against citizens, house raids, and their refusal of barricades set up by the youth inside the city for protection.
The Hasahisa resistance committees accused the RSF of attacking the village (Zubeirat) in rural Tabat, where they looted more than “30” cars, stole food from groceries, and destroyed what remained, in addition to stealing gold and money from several homes. The attack led to the displacement of women and children. The report clarified that the RSF attempted to recruit “20” young men from the village youth, and when the villagers refused, they established a military post in the village.
In the same context, resistance committees referred to the RSF’ attack on the village (Um Busha) in rural Tabat and the complete siege of the village with heavily armed vehicles. They pointed out the killing of a citizen in the village of Tali Al-Khawalda in rural Al-Musalmiya in an attack aimed at robbery. The forces also attacked villages (Qoz Ahmad Noor, Maryoud, and Al-Shazly), stealing all vehicles, gold, money, and displacing all women and children of the mentioned villages, and the militia set up a large military post in the Qoz Ahmad Noor area.
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Assassination of a Sudanese Bar Association member following the militia’s attack on Gezira’s villages:
The RSF militia attacked the village of Sharif Mukhtar in Gezira State for robbery and looting, killing more than “14” young men from the village, including Dr. Mohamed Ali Abunomah, a member of the Sudanese Bar Association.
Abunomah, along with a group of village youth, had repelled the militia’s attack more than 17 times, but the last time, the militia managed to assassinate him.
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Doctors decide to amputate his leg: RSF Militia fires on the political office member of the Umma Party, Hisham Azaza:
After being shot by the RSF militia in the village of Azaza in Gezira, Hisham Azaza, a political office member of the Umma Party, was transferred to Qadarif Hospital, then to Port Sudan, and after the first operation, it was decided to amputate his leg from the knee. Hisham, after his car and the villagers’ vehicles were stolen, ordered the women and children to leave the village, and he and some youth stayed to guard the village. The Janjaweed periodically stormed the village, and in the last raid last week, they fired randomly at the youth, injuring Hisham and others.
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Execution of prisoners by the RSF militia after subjecting them to inhumane torture and transporting “13” bodies from inside their prisons on Al-Jamhuriya Street in Wad Madani, Gezira State
Written by journalist: Attaf Mohamed Mukhtar
The RSF militia committed a number of war crimes in Gezira State, executing prisoners in Madani city after subjecting them to continuous torture and inhumane treatment, in a RSF prison in a building on Al-Jamhuriya Street in Madani market.
Eyewitnesses told (Al-Sudani) that they counted “13” bodies being transported from the prison by RSF soldiers on a truck (Tatsher) and confirmed that they could hear the continuous screams of prisoners from the neighboring building controlled by RSF intelligence.
The eyewitnesses – who managed to leave Madani on a perilous journey – revealed that mass rapes of girls and women working in Madani market were conducted, along with systematic displacement of citizens from neighborhoods, looting all their properties, and pillaging all markets, banks, government headquarters, and hospitals completely.
On the same note, the RSF militia looted the Fatis market in Gezira, where one citizen was killed inside the market. The militia also ravaged the village of Al-Uqdah Al-Magharebah, killing “7” citizens and injuring dozens.
The Hasahisa resistance committees announced that the RSF ravaged a group of villages west of Al-Musalmiya, including (Wad Kari, Al-Manaseer, Al-Kabr, and Abdul Rahman village).
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
Civilians under fire from RSF militia: Killings, arrests, shootings, village burnings in South and West Kordofan:
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About “50” people were killed and villages were burned in the vicinity of the area of Habeela in South Kordofan by the RSF militia:
South Kordofan, February 24, 2024: Radio Dabanga
(48) people were killed, and dozens injured in scattered attacks by the Rapid Support on villages around the city of Habeela and Jebel Dair in South Kordofan State. Sources from the area of Kartala north of Habeela told Radio Dabanga that the RSF attacks on villages around Habeela, including Zalataya on February 9, resulted in the death of (24) people, injuries to others, the burning of three villages, and the displacement of their inhabitants.
The sources explained that the attacks continued after the battle of Habeela on the village of Teetel north of Habeela, resulting in the death of (6) people and several injuries, and pointed out the death of (18) people and injuries to others. It was noted that a large number of villages were completely burned, and their inhabitants displaced to mountainous areas.
Witnesses from the area told Radio Dabanga that an armed force with machine guns on (7) motorcycles and others on foot, attacked southern workers when they were working on agricultural cleaning in one of the area’s projects.
It was clarified that the force looted all the workers’ possessions, including money and mobiles, before leaving the place and pointed out that the security situation in the area is extremely dangerous.
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“5” people killed and “10” injured in an attack by the RSF militia on the village of Al-Dudiya in West Kordofan:
March 11, 2024: SUNA News Agency – An informed source in the village of Al-Dudiya in West Kordofan State revealed the killing of five villagers and the injury of “10” others in an attack by the RSF on the village. The source stated that the deceased, who were buried by the villagers, are Wali al-Din Ahmed, Fadl Allah al-Sharif, Hafiz Ahmed Murad, and Aziz al-Fadl.
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Mashad Human Rights Observatory condemns the militias’ attack on villages in South Kordofan and the killing and abduction of more than “60” citizens:
Mashad Human Rights Observatory condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric attack carried out by RSF militias on villages in the areas of Habeela and Deleng in South Kordofan State, killing and abducting more than (60) citizens, burning about (5) villages, and destroying thousands of acres of agricultural projects, leading to the displacement of large numbers of citizens to safe areas.
The observatory considers these practices a new violation added to the militias’ record filled with unjustified war crimes, including killing, torturing, and displacing unarmed citizens.
The attack on civilians necessitates a decisive action to curb the militias that expand to invade safe areas and requires an urgent intervention from authorities to fulfill their role and work on protecting civilians.
The observatory warns that the large wave of displacement of citizens may lead to complex humanitarian situations, amid the poor living conditions the country has been experiencing since the outbreak of the war on April 15, last year.
Mashad Observatory urges organizations, legal and human rights bodies, to support the Sudanese people by providing humanitarian and legal aid to save the lives of civilians from the horrific violations of the militias.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
RSF militia loots “1273” kilos of gold, destroys electrical meter factories, and loses “7” million barrels of crude oil due to their control over the fields:
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Minister of Minerals: The rebel militia looted 1273 kilos of gold from state institutions
Investigator: Nazik Shamam
The Minister of Minerals, Mohamed Bashir Abu Numo, disclosed that the rebel militia looted 1273 kilos of gold from the Gold Refinery, which belonged to official entities.
In his first comprehensive interview conducted by (The Investigator), to be fully published on the “Interviews” page of the website, the Minister revealed that on April 12, 2023, the inventory at the Sudan Gold Refinery showed a balance of (156) kg for the Central Bank, (106) kg for the Ministry of Finance, a portfolio balance of (4) kg, a refinery balance of (101) kg, and a company balance of (906) kg, totaling (1273) kg, in addition to 15 tons of silver.
He added, “There are (200) kg in the machines and 265 kg under analysis.”
Abu Numo confirmed that the ministry and Sudan lost more than (35) companies in the waste sector, and about (130) exploration license companies and (19) concession companies heading for production stopped.
He explained that the ministry succeeded in bringing back about (5) concession companies into production.
The Minister pointed to the vandalism of the ministry’s infrastructure, where the ministry building, the Geological Research Authority building, and the premises of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, Ariab Mining Company, Sudamin, and the Sudan Refinery were burned, looted, and vandalized, resulting in the loss of a vast database related to exploratory studies and research.
Abu Numo said that the gold production in 2023 reached (23.2) tons, with (12.9) tons exported during the year by (45) companies and individuals involved in gold export operations, generating revenue of (765,743,581.595) dollars for 2023.
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RSF militia destroys the electric meters factory in Khartoum:
The electric meters factories in Khartoum were vandalized by the RSF militia, leading to their destruction and looting. The Minister of Energy and Oil, Dr. Mohy El-Din, announced an emergency program to provide electricity in cities.
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Loss of “7” million barrels of crude oil due to the control of RSF militia over several fields:
Khartoum, March 4, 2024: Radio Dabanga – The Minister of Energy and Oil, Dr. Mohy El-Din Naeem Mohamed Said, stated that reconstructing the oil sector, which was destroyed during the current war, would cost “5” billion dollars.
The RSF control the oil refinery in Al-Jaili, north of Khartoum, in addition to their control over several oil fields in West Kordofan and East Darfur.
In an interview with the Sudan News Agency, Dr. Mohy El-Din Naeem Mohamed Said mentioned that Sudan lost about (210) thousand barrels of crude due to the destruction of the crude oil depot at the Khartoum refinery, and pointed to the destruction of other facilities including the petrol and gas depot, which were all full of petroleum products, leading to the loss of significant quantities of oil products in the distribution companies’ warehouses at the control center of the Al-Jaili refinery.
The Minister explained that the damages in the oil sector included oil facilities, power stations, the loss of crude oil and petroleum products stored in the strategic warehouses of the Khartoum refinery, in addition to the state bearing all the costs of continuing the electric current throughout this period without collecting revenues, in addition to thefts including money, vehicles, furniture, information systems, and deliberate sabotage and destruction in the fields, theft of cables for wells and camps, workers’ housing, and storage for spare parts and power stations, even to the buildings of the Ministry’s headquarters.
Sources (Al-Sudani): The RSF halted the oil pumping station in Al-Elifoon, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to the state of South Sudan.
Informed sources told (Al-Sudani) in South Sudan about the disconnection of communications at Pumping Station No. 4 (Al-Elifoon oil pumping station east of Khartoum) since the communications cut off in Sudan by the RSF.
The sources explained that the RSF prevented fuel from reaching the station, leading to its shutdown.
Sources (Al-Sudani) said, “This led to clotting in the crude in the line and blockage leading to a hole in the line and a significant leak of crude, causing a complete halt to operations.”
The same sources added, “The RSF continue to loot any fuel quantities headed to the station.”
They continued, “The line will not operate unless fuel is allowed to reach the station and communications are restored at the station, which is essential for coordinated resumption of operations.” It’s noteworthy that the line, owned by BAPCO (formerly Petrodar), transports about 105,000 barrels per day. Oil constitutes more than 90% of South Sudan’s exports and is its main economic resource. The sources stated that by closing the station, the RSF caused losses exceeding hundreds of millions of dollars.
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
10,000 Deaths Among Women, Children, and Youth from the Masalit Tribe—Some Buried Alive, and a Report by the UN Expert Team on Sudan Details Atrocities Committed by the RSF Militia.
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Saleh Arbab, a representative of the Masalit tribe, stated that the massacres they suffered represent only about five or seven percent of what has been reported, and that 75% of the massacres were committed against the Masalit and the rest against other tribes. He announced the death of ten thousand youths and children, the oldest of whom did not exceed 25 years of age, in addition to the killing of thirteen journalists. Arbab revealed new details in response to those doubting the RSF’ responsibility for igniting the war during the inauguration of the popular resistance for the people of Darfur to support and aid the armed forces in the Red Sea state.
He stated, “We answer them around the world that the militia started the war,” citing that RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemedti” had requested the Masalit to fight with his forces to seize power and expel Sudanese from their lands during his last visit to Darfur, which lasted two months.
He added, “During his stay at that time, we only met him three times,” attributing the targeting of tribe members and their live burial to their refusal to stand with Hemedti against the army and the Sudanese people.
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The American Representative to the UN Security Council: RSF killed a thousand people in one day…
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the American representative to the UN Security Council, commenting on the report by the UN Expert Team on Sudan, said the findings she reviewed include reports on atrocities committed by the RSF and their allied militias; including mass killings of the Masalit and other ethnic minorities who fled to Ardamata.
She added, “About a thousand people were killed in one day, apart from other violations and crimes such as systematic sexual violence used as a weapon of war, affecting girls as young as fourteen.”
Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
Rape and Kidnapping of Dozens of Women and Girls in Gezira State and South Kordofan, and the African Horn Women’s Network “Siha” Reveals Shocking Numbers of Rape, Abortion, Slavery, and Pregnancy Cases in Girls Under 18
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March 2024 – The RSF militia kidnapped “9” women and girls from the village of Al-Taklab in Gezira State, central Sudan, to an unknown destination:

• Imtithal Idris Hammad.
• As-Safa Idris
• Harm Ismail Faqeer .
• Hamdiya Asaad Qarnas .
• Set Alnufur Mutawakkel .
• Muzdalifa Badr El-Din Basir .
• Khalida Badr El-Din Basir .
• Makarim Suleiman Ismail .
• Nadia Bashir Al-Hasani.
  Sudanese media revealed the names of “17” women kidnapped by the RSF from Habila locality and its villages in South Kordofan:
• Ikhlas Mohamed Totu
• Jannah Mohamed Totu
• Sawsan Othman
• (Daughter of) Abdullah Al-Mak
• Suad Jabril Salma
• Sakina Jabril Salma
• (Daughter of) Jabir Kuh
• (Daughter of) Tawr Jabunah
• Marjia Suleiman and her sister
• Sara Abu Kalam Al-Amin
• Mama Hamed Shalo
• (Daughter of) Hamad Jabunah nicknamed (Dqooshy)
• Two daughters from Um Hitan not identified
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  “SIHA” documents (200) rape cases and legally aborts (20) survivors:
  Sudan News Monitoring
  Women in the Horn of Africa Network “SIHA” documented more than (200) cases of sexual violence up to the end of last January. Regional Director Hala Elkarib, in press statements, said, “It’s important to realize that these numbers related to sexual violence are just the tip of the iceberg.”
  She stated that the RSF militias raped and assaulted thousands of women and girls. She pointed out that the two hundred cases documented do not include the violations that occurred in Gezira State, which is hard to reach due to the disconnection of communications and the internet.
  Elkarib further noted that these two hundred cases documented about sexual violence. She highlighted that these statistics do not cover the rape cases that occurred in the cities of Geneina and Nyala.
  A member of the Emergency Lawyers Authority, Rehab Mubarak, confirmed that (20) survivors were legally aborted after being raped by RSF. The member of the authority announced that (370) victims requested the clinical protocol for rape treatment. Additionally, it was revealed that (56) women in Darfur were raped two months ago, along with (15) other women in the village of “Belil” in South Darfur being abducted by RSF.
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  Sudan: “12” women subjected to rape were legally aborted, while others await legal approval.
  A human rights defender revealed that “12” women who had been raped during the current war underwent abortions according to legal procedures, while others are waiting for the Public Prosecution’s approval for the procedure. The legal advocate, a member of the “Together Against Rape and Sexual Violence” campaign, Inaam Atiq, told “Sudan Tribune” that “12” abortion cases occurred for victims assaulted during the ongoing conflict in Sudan. She noted that “20” pregnancy cases among women who were raped had submitted legal applications to terminate the pregnancies.
  Sudanese law prohibits abortion except in two cases: to save the mother’s life or if the pregnancy is a result of rape, provided the fetus has not reached 90 days.
  Inaam Atiq mentioned that some hospitals refused to perform abortions for raped women, leading to the transfer of cases to Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, which was controlled by RSF late last year. She indicated that some raped women fled and lost contact, while others resorted to methods outside the health framework to perform abortions, leading to deaths in most cases.
  Atiq reported that a group of women who had been raped filed legal complaints, with their statements taken, but the prosecution filed them against unknown armed entities. She added: “Some survivors were unable to file complaints due to the lack of security, and some areas lack a public prosecution office.”
  “4” SIHA reveals the involvement of RSF militia in sexual violence crimes and pregnancies among girls under the age of “18”.
  The regional director of the Women in the Horn of Africa Network “SIHA”, Hala Al-Karib, revealed the widespread phenomenon of killing forcibly abducted women in Sudan and dumping their bodies on roadsides, accusing the RSF of committing widespread looting and killings.
  On March 9, a webinar was held in honor of International Women’s Day, dedicated to discussing forced disappearances during war to raise awareness about the issue and its impact on women and girls.
  Hala Al-Karib emphasized during the webinar monitored by “Sudan Tribune” the importance of not distorting facts regarding war crimes and confirmed the execution of several women and girls after being kidnapped by the RSF militia, which she held fully responsible for the violations committed against women and girls, alongside the Sudanese army, which she said also has a long record of violations.
  Al-Karib discussed the involvement of RSF in these violations – looting and kidnapping – stating that her relatives experienced a home invasion, threats, terror, shootings, and the kidnapping of girls aged “13, 15”. She emphasized, “We do not make baseless claims in these matters, and there should be no exaggeration, but rather documentation from the victims.”
  She mentioned that thousands of women have experienced enforced disappearances, but social stigma prevented many from reporting these incidents. Maram Mohammed, a representative of the Bahri Emergency Room, noted that the documented violations against women and children represent only 10% of the cases that suffered violations in childhood and older ages.
  She reported that women were used as a tool for destruction, with some being used for cleaning and laundry, and revealed that women and girls were subjected to sexual slavery and raped throughout the day by more than one individual. There were also cases of forced marriage for adult and minor women without their consent. She mentioned that the enforced disappearances resulted in pregnancies among victims under the age of 18, some of whom died during childbirth, while others escaped. The incidents of enforced disappearances created psychological effects that led to the suicide of some girls.
  Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
  The Council of Churches: Militia destroyed and attacked “170” churches and the cost of rebuilding the destroyed churches is estimated at “9” million dollars
  March 6, 2024 – Follow-ups of El Haqeeqa
  The General Secretary of the Sudanese Council of Churches, Abdullah Sardar, revealed that the number of churches that were attacked reached 153, in addition to the destruction of 17 churches and the assault on more than three thousand individuals during their worship.
  In the paper on the assaults on places of worship and international protection mechanisms, he noted that the RSF did not respect the international convention calling for the protection of religious sanctities during conflicts.
  He noted that the cost of rebuilding the churches that were destroyed is estimated at more than 9 million dollars, in addition to 100 thousand dollars for partially destroyed churches.
  Documentation of El Haqeeqa:
  Kidnapping and enslavement of civilians by the RSF, shocking numbers, and stories from victims and witnesses
  “1”
  The Washington Post reported that since the outbreak of war in Sudan, the RSF, fighting the regular army, have carried out a kidnapping campaign among civilians, either for ransom or enslavement, according to witnesses and ten released victims.
  Victims and activists said that members of the RSF, who took over most parts of the capital, Khartoum, and swept through most areas of West Darfur, made kidnappings a source of income. Some victims stated they were enslaved and sold to work on farms owned by leaders of the RSF.
  Others confirmed they were held while their families were forced to pay a ransom for them. Witnesses told the American newspaper that among the kidnapped were girls exploited in sex trafficking.
  According to The Washington Post, more than “10.7” million people have fled their homes, making Sudan witness the world’s largest displacement crisis.
  “2”
  “Enslavement and forced labour in farms and homes,” say survivors kidnapped by the RSF to (Ayn):
  Mohamed Musa was greatly shocked when he was kidnapped by the RSF from the “Ardemata” area in West Darfur, thinking he would be killed like his companions. However, while detained, he heard members of the RSF negotiating with someone over a certain amount of money to take Mohamed Musa.
  The next morning, Musa learned that the members of the RSF who had detained him and dozens in the area, during the RSF’ raid on the “Ardemata” area and their takeover of the Sudanese army garrison in early November last year, had sold him for money.
  According to Mohamed, he was sold to someone in the “For Baranga” area. He says, “They treated us like cattle.” In this area, they sold the goods they looted from electrical appliances and others, and also other kidnapped individuals.
  Before being sold, members of the RSF had promised to return him to his family and home. Mohamed Musa, in an interview with (Ayn) from a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, after recently managing to escape, recounts the horrific details of that night when he was sold to a person without knowing what would be done to him.
  Musa remained under torture and beating while others from his companions were executed for belonging to the “Masalit” ethnic group, and beaten with axes, machetes, and firearms, but he survived death.
  Third story
  After being kidnapped, “Ibrahim Haroun” was forced to work in several areas after being attacked and tortured by the RSF following their arrest from the “Ardemata” area along with others.
  “They used me to transport their items, and then for farming in the outskirts of the city of Geneina, then they took me back to Ardemata, to the camp, where I was subjected to racial and verbal violence, then one of them took me to work as a servant for his wives and to farm beans and corn in large areas,” says Ibrahim in an interview with (Ayn).
  Fourth story
  Mohamed El Nur Ismail’s situation did not differ from his companions as they were attacked by the RSF in Ardemata, accused of possessing weapons, thrown to the ground, and threatened with death if they attempted to attack them with bladed weapons.
  “After this torture, they took me along with others to work in agriculture morning and evening until I suffered wounds and bleeding in my hand… afterwards, they gave me 5,000 pounds, asked me to leave, and from there, I immediately headed to the Sudanese refugee camps in Chad,” he said.
  Crimes on a wider scale
  What happens from violations is a repetition of an accumulated record linked to militias; there was no transitional justice or redress for victims – according to the lawyer and director of the monitoring and documentation program at the African Center for Peace and Justice Studies, Mohamed Badawi Mohamed – who believes that in the current stage, these violations occur on a wider scale.
  He points out that they occurred in remote areas and were difficult to document, sometimes documentation was done on an individual basis, like what happened in the massacre of El Daein, which was not investigated by the authorities, and no one was redressed, in addition to systematically erasing evidence in such violations.
  The Road to Justice
  The lawyer Abdul Khaliq Al Noeiry classifies what happened from violations against civilians in the Ardemata area as slavery and forced labour according to the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights, and Sudan is a signatory to these covenants in addition to the Sudanese Penal Code criminalizes slavery and forced labour. He says, “It is noticeable that the violations target specific groups, which is internationally prohibited.”
  The lawyer interested in international justice, Abdul Basit Al Haj, considers the violations that occurred in the Darfur region to be among the worst and most dangerous violations where numerous international crimes occurred, including the crime of genocide, which is considered a form of crime based on declared hatred and racism with a clear intention to end a specific ethnic and racial group, among the crimes of racism prohibited by international law and specifically the international criminal law in Article 6 and Article 8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which explicitly prohibited slavery and forced labour. And Sudan is a party to this treaty.
  “3”
  The Sudanese Group for Victims of Enforced Disappearance “993” missing, including “96” women, and “897” men:

ElHaqeeqa

The group confirmed the registration of new cases of enforced disappearance in Wad Madani, Al Hasahisa, and Al Kamelin in Gezira State, as well as Al Rahad in North Kordofan and Jabal Awliya in South Khartoum.
Osman Al Basri, a member of the Sudanese Group for Victims of Enforced Disappearance, told Sudan Tribune that the number of missing due to the war has risen to “993” missing, including “96” women and “897” men.
The group had reported in previous reports registering “715” cases of enforced disappearance in October last year and “842” cases in December.
The group issued a report on October 21 last year covering the period from April 15 to October 15, in the cities of Khartoum, Omdurman, Khartoum Bahri, Wad Madani in Gezira State, Al Obeid in North Kordofan, Nyala, El Fasher, Geneina, and Zalingei in Darfur, proving the disappearance of males, females, and children, in addition to “9” individuals with psychological disorders.
In December last year, it stated that the number of missing due to the war reached “842” individuals, including “127” missing from the Jabal Awliya area, about 45 kilometers south of Khartoum, noting that the number of disappearance cases registered in the Public Prosecution in Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, reached “471” missing.
Osman Al Basri noted the increase in disappearance cases in cities where this crime is committed, including Al Rahad in North Kordofan, Wad Madani, Al Hasahisa, and Al Kamelin in Gezira State, and Jabal Awliya in Khartoum State.
He urged the families of the missing not to deal with those he called swindlers and to communicate directly with the Sudanese Group for Victims of Enforced Disappearance or through the group’s page on Facebook or the “Where did you take them?” campaign page on the X platform for legal assistance.
It is worth noting that the group’s report in October 2023 recorded during the first six months of the war, registering the most cases of enforced disappearance in May last year with “141” cases, while the city of Khartoum recorded the highest number of disappearances with “309” cases followed by Omdurman with “156” cases and Khartoum Bahri with “130” cases.
At that time, the city of Al Obeid in North Kordofan and Nyala in South Darfur recorded 3 disappearances each, in addition to two disappearances in El Fasher in North Darfur and one disappearance in each of Geneina and Zalingei in West and Central Darfur, along with registering “110” disappearance cases whose location was not precisely determined but occurred within the states affected by the war.
In terms of gender, the report at the time counted the disappearance of “666” males, including “650” adults and “16” minors, and regarding females, the report recorded the disappearance of “49” females, “47” of whom were adults and 2 were minors.