Al-haqiqa
The first periodic electronic magazine specializing in documenting the crimes of the Rapid Support Forces militia. Published in three languages to serve as a reference for international organizations and mechanisms concerned with the protection of human rights worldwide. Version 29, October 2025.
Preface
The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission in Sudan issued a serious report accusing the Rapid Support Forces militia of committing serious violations amounting to crimes against humanity. These violations included murder, torture, forced displacement, enslavement, and rape, in addition to what it described as “inhumane” acts against civilians during the ongoing war in Sudan.
In his statement, the head of the mission, Mohamed Chandi Osman, confirmed that the results of the investigations “leave no room for doubt,” emphasizing that civilians are the most affected by the ongoing conflict. He explained that what happened in El Fasher and the surrounding areas represents one of the most horrific forms of systematic targeting, where the local residents subjected to widespread violations, from direct killing to sexual violence and enslavement.
The mission accused the Rapid Support Forces militia and its allies of using starvation as a tool of war, depriving civilians of food, medicine, and humanitarian aid. The mission indicated that these practices may amount to a crime against humanity with the intent of genocide, especially since they targeted the most basic necessities of life.
Sudanese government officials informed international organizations and diplomatic missions of the details of the violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia in El Fasher, North Darfur, including the siege that led to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation. They strongly criticized the international silence regarding what was happening there.
The Sovereign Council’s Advisory for Organizations and Humanitarian Action organized a meeting during which ambassadors, heads of diplomatic missions, and international organizations in the country were briefed on the situation in El Fasher.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hussein Al-Amin, stated that “the terrorist Rapid Support Forces militia has been besieging El Fasher for 501 days and has displaced 600,000 citizens from their homes.”
He pointed out that the city is still home to 260,000 besieged civilians suffering from hunger and disease, while 130,000 children suffer from malnutrition as a result of the siege.
He accused members of the Rapid Support Forces militia of raping 23 children, noting that 1,000 children were killed and their bodies mutilated.
Hussein Al-Amin explained that the Rapid Support Forces militia destroyed six schools and 35 hospitals, calling on the international community to take a clear stance regarding the suffering of El Fasher residents due to the siege and to work to deliver humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile, the Rapid Support Forces militia continues to tighten the siege on El Fasher, carrying out continuous shelling and systematic targeting of civilians, displaced persons camps, and villages around El Fasher, in clear defiance of Security Council Resolution 2736 (June 2024). They continue to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the city, and are committing ethnic cleansing crimes in North Darfur, similar to their crimes in El Geneina, in the west of the country.
In its 29th version, Al-Haqiqa documents, through reports and statistics, the most horrific crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia against civilians in North Darfur. It also highlights a number of crimes that have shaken the Sudanese conscience amidst the international community’s silence. This terrorist militia targeted worshippers in a mosque in El Fasher and committed the most heinous crimes in history against Sudanese women. Al-Haqiqa also reveals, through numbers and statistics issued by international organizations, the crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia against children in El Fasher, North Darfur.
Al-Haqiqa also reveals, through international reports, the shipments of advanced weapons used by the UAE authorities in Darfur, in clear violation of the arms embargo.
Al-Haqiqa also highlights the Sudanese government’s efforts to facilitate access to humanitarian aid, calling on international organizations to redouble their efforts, and extending the opening of permitted crossings until the end of 2025. Al-Haqiqa also documents, through statistics, the return of displaced persons displaced by the war to their homes.
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“Hang Her on a Tree”… The Story of the Girl Qisma Sparks Popular Outrage in Sudan
On September 11, 2025, in one of its inhumane crimes, the story of the girl Qisma Ali Omar emerged as a tragedy that touches the depths of the human conscience.
This innocent girl was subjected to the most horrific forms of torture at the hands of a member of the Rapid Support Forces militia. The criminal documented his horrific act by hanging her from a tree using a rope, ending Qisma’s life under the weight of pain and suffering.
This horrific scene reflected the barbarity of this terrorist militia and its crimes against thousands of Sudanese women, amid the shameful silence of the international community.
Meanwhile, the story of the tree girl sparked a wave of outrage on social media platforms, where activists expressed their deep regret over Qisma’s fate, emphasizing that she died unjustly under the torture of the Rapid Support Forces militia.
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Rapid Support Forces militia intensify their siege and shelling of the city of El Fasher, the camps for IDPs in North Darfur, and the Commission of Human Rights condemns and calls for an immediate end to targeting civilians.
The spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the brutal attacks launched by the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher and the adjacent Abu Shouk camp for (IDPs) in North Darfur, Sudan, are “unacceptable and must stop immediately.” These attacks killed at least 89 civilians in just 10 days in September 2025.
Jeremy Laurence, at a press conference for UN agencies in Geneva, expressed his fear that the actual number of civilian deaths is likely higher.
The spokesperson said: “We are particularly alarmed that among the latest wave of civilian killings, 16 appear to have been summary executions.” Most of the victims were killed in Abu Shouk camp and belonged to the African Zaghawa tribe.
He noted that in another case in the El Fasher area, a victim was asked about his tribe and was killed after he responded that he was from the African Berti tribe.
Lawrence said, “This pattern of attacks on civilians and deliberate killings, which constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law, deepens our concerns about ethnically motivated violence.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation welcomed the statement issued by the spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning the attacks launched by the rebel militia on the besieged city of El Fasher and its crimes in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons. The Ministry also praised the statement’s rejection and condemnation of the militia’s ethnic-based eliminations and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United Nations and its competent bodies to go beyond mere condemnation and denunciation to take urgent and deterrent measures against the Al-Dagalo rebel militia and compel it to implement Security Council Resolution 2736, lifting the unjust siege on El Fasher, and expediting the designation of the militia as a terrorist group.
Rapid Support Forces militia carried out a new, horrific massacre against 13 civilians, brutally executing them on ethnic grounds in the Golo reservoir area on the El Fasher-Tawila road in North Darfur State. The victims included five children, four women, and four elderly people, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.
Sudan Doctors Network condemned in the strongest terms the brutal crime committed by the militia on the El Fasher-Tawila road, stressing that this heinous crime represents a new episode in the cycle of ethnic cleansing and genocide committed by the militia against defenseless civilians in Darfur, in flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws.
The network emphasized that the systematic targeting of children, women, and the elderly proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the militia is pursuing an organized policy to displace citizens from their land on ethnic grounds, which constitutes a full-fledged war crime and a crime against humanity.
On September 19, 2025, in a new chapter in its bloody crimes, the Rapid Support Forces militia committed a new massacre against 75 civilians and injured dozens more with varying degrees of injuries following a missile attack targeting worshippers in a mosque in the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) north of El Fasher while they were performing the dawn prayer.
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, condemned the attack and expressed her deep concern over the attack that targeted a mosque near the Abu Shouk camp in the Al-Daraja Al-Ula neighborhood of El Fasher, North Darfur, which resulted in death of dozens of civilians who were praying there.
International humanitarian law requires the protection of mosques and civilians who worship in them. Directing deliberate attacks against buildings dedicated to worship is a war crime.
The African Union and a number of sisterly countries strongly condemned the heinous drone attack carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia at dawn on Friday, September 19, 2025, against civilians gathered for Fajer prayer at a mosque in El Fasher, North Darfur. The attack killed more than 75 innocent worshippers.
As part of an ongoing series of crimes, according to a spokesperson for the Abu Shouk camp for (IDPs), the RSF forcibly displaced residents from neighborhoods surrounding the camp and El Fasher city and occupied their homes.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency, reported that more than 1,000 families fled El Fasher, North Darfur.
The RSF intensified its shelling of neighborhoods in El Fasher and the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), killing hundreds of civilians.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement in September 2025 that “approximately 1,050 families were displaced from El Fasher, from the Awlad al-Reef, Makarka, and al-Wadi neighborhoods to areas within El Fasher locality, as a result of the ongoing artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).”
The militia has ignored all UN demands and appeals to facilitate aid access to El Fasher, including the UN Security Council resolution issued on June 13, 2024, calling on forces to lift the siege and de-escalate the situation.
It is feared that these militias will commit horrific crimes when they advance on the ground into the northern neighborhoods of the city and the Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons, similar to the widespread violations they committed when they invaded Zamzam camp the previous April.
El Fasher is suffering from a severe humanitarian crisis due to the lack of goods, forcing most of the stranded people to eat animal feed (ambaz), a solid mass of peanut and sesame residue after oil extraction.
The RSF has deployed thousands of fighters around El Fasher to obstruct the arrival of relief, medicine, and goods to the city. It has been under siege since April 2024, and controls all entry and exit routes after erecting an earthen barrier around the historic capital of the Darfur region.
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UNICEF: 1,000 Children Killed and Injured, and Others Raped in El Fasher
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it has verified the killing and injury of 1,000 children and the rape of 23 others in El Fasher, North Darfur, since the siege began.
The Rapid Support Forces militia has been preventing aid, medicine, and goods from reaching El Fasher since the siege it imposed in April 2024, before launching continuous attacks targeting health facilities, water sources, and displacement camps.
UNICEF said in a statement that “since the siege began in April 2024, more than 1,100 grave violations have been verified in El Fasher alone, including the killing and wounding of more than 1,000 children, many of whom were injured inside their homes, markets, or displacement camps.”
It revealed that at least 23 children, both boys and girls, had been raped or sexually abused, while others had been abducted, recruited into, or used by armed groups.
It indicated that the number of affected children is much higher than reported, due to limited access and the difficulty of verifying facts.
UNICEF described El Fasher as a center of suffering for children suffering from malnutrition, disease, and violence, leading to the loss of children’s lives daily.
It stated that 600,000 people, half of them children, have been displaced from El Fasher and the surrounding camps in recent months, while 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, remain trapped inside the city in desperate conditions after being cut off from aid for 16 months.
The Humanitarian Aid Commission in North Darfur State stated that El Fasher is still home to 845,000 civilians living in catastrophic conditions, out of a total population of 1.5 million who lived in the city before the outbreak of the conflict.
The siege imposed by the Rapid Support Forces militia has forced most of the city’s residents to resort to harmful measures to survive, such as herbal remedies and quenching their thirst by eating ambaze, the solid mass of peanut and sesame residue after oil extraction, used primarily as animal feed.
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Amnesty International Exposes the UAE’s Use of Advanced Weapons in Darfur in Clear Violation of the Arms Embargo, and a UAE-Backed Democratic Minority in the House of Representatives Colludes with These Crimes
Amnesty International said, following a new investigation, that advanced Chinese weapons, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates, were seized in Khartoum and used in Darfur in flagrant violation of the current UN arms embargo:
By analyzing photos and videos showing the aftermath of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Amnesty International identified Chinese GB50A guided bombs and AH-4 155mm howitzers. This is the first time GB50A bombs have been documented in active use in any conflict worldwide.
The organization said the weapons are manufactured by Norinco, also known as China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, a state-owned Chinese defense conglomerate. It is almost certain that the UAE has re-exported the weapons to Sudan.
“This is clear evidence of the use of advanced Chinese-made guided bombs and howitzers in Sudan,” said Brian Castner, Amnesty International’s Head of Crisis Research.
“The presence of recently manufactured Chinese bombs in North Darfur is a clear violation of the UAE’s arms embargo. Our documentation of AH-4 howitzers in Khartoum adds to a growing body of evidence showing widespread UAE support for the Rapid Support Forces, in violation of international law.
“It is shameful that the UN Security Council has failed to enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and has not responded to calls to extend it to all of Sudan. Civilians are being killed and injured because of global inaction, while the UAE continues to violate the embargo. The UAE must immediately cease arms transfers to the Rapid Support Forces. Until they do, all international arms transfers to the UAE must also cease.”
As a state party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), China must take urgent measures to prevent arms transfers to Sudan. By continuing to supply such weapons to the UAE—a country with a long history of supplying weapons to conflicts where war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law are regularly committed—China risks indirectly supplying arms to the conflict.
American writer Nicholas Kristof called on Trump to pressure the UAE to stop its support for Janjaweed.
He said that the Rapid Support Forces militia is responsible for the worst atrocities, such as the burning of entire villages, slaughter, and rape.
He added that the UAE in particular, despite denials, appears to be the primary backer of the Rapid Support Forces militia, supporting its campaign of atrocities.
He said that the Biden administration has refused to hold the UAE accountable, and now the Trump administration is doing the same. He added that Congress has demanded an embargo on arms transfers to the UAE while it continues to enable mass killings and rape. This is a useful leverage point: the UAE is a country that cares about its reputation, and public pressure has previously pushed it to withdraw from the disastrous war in Yemen.
What can Trump do? It would be helpful if he called on the UAE to stop supplying the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) or at least end the atrocities. He could appoint a special envoy to Sudan. He could increase US support for Sudanese grassroots aid programs, such as emergency response rooms that operate community kitchens.
He added that world leaders will gather at the United Nations in September to repeat platitudes about making the world a better place, and one test of their sincerity will be what they will do for the major Sudanese city of El Fasher, besieged by the RSF and facing famine. Sudan observers fear that if El Fasher falls, the RSF will engage in mass killings and rape, as they have elsewhere.
At the same time, a minority within the US House of Representatives, supported by the UAE, led by Indian Democrat Pramila Jayapal, is seeking to influence the US administration’s decisions by using its influence within the UN system to withdraw the legitimate representatives of the Sudanese government and silence their voices, which have exposed Abu Dhabi’s authority through damning evidence of its support for the terrorist RSF militia, which has committed genocide in Sudan.
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Sudan Calls on the Security Council to Take a Firm Stance Against the Recruitment, Financing, and Deployment of Mercenaries in Sudan
Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, called on the UN Security Council to take a firmer and more stringent stance against the recruitment, financing, and deployment of mercenaries in Sudan, warning that these activities pose a direct threat to international peace and security.
During a UN Security Council session in September 2025, Ambassador Al-Harith called for the establishment of a special sanctions monitoring mechanism similar to the expert panels on Libya and the Central African Republic, which would investigate mercenary networks linked to the UAE and prepare periodic reports to the Security Council on them. He also called for the imposition of targeted sanctions, including asset freezes, affirming Sudan’s sovereignty, adopting a more stringent stance, and imposing sanctions on the militia.
Ambassador Al-Harith stated that the UAE must be prevented from expanding the scope of the war, indicating that Sudan rejects the UAE’s settlement terms and will resist the establishment of any factional entity or parallel government under its sponsorship. He will also not allow manipulation under the pretext of relief to grant a de facto status to the alleged sectarian government. Sudan will resist the fragmentation engineered by external enemies, their domestic agents, and hired regional players.
Ambassador Al-Harith added that Sudan has provided the Security Council with documented reports and accurate intelligence on mercenary networks and air and land supply routes, particularly those coming from Libya, its south, and the Kufra region. He noted that one regional state has obstructed the UN team’s access to areas within its territory to avoid revealing its involvement in what he described as “a scheme for the systematic destruction of Sudan.”
Al-Harith confirmed that the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia continues to impose a planned siege on El Fasher with external support, leading to a complete collapse of the humanitarian situation. The Zamzam camp for displaced persons has been transformed into a military base, displacing more than half a million people. The militia also prevented aid from reaching civilians and used starvation as a weapon against them.
He added that the air defenses supplied by external actors to the rebel militia are preventing the successful airdrop of humanitarian supplies to El Fasher, which he considered the only available option to save the lives of civilians trapped under siege by the militia’s brutality.
The Sudanese government’s representative accused the UAE of organizing and supporting the transport and training of mercenaries, particularly from Colombia, through private security companies based in the country, most notably a company led by retired Colombian Colonel Alvaro Quijano. Al-Harith confirmed that authorities monitored 248 flights from the UAE to Sudan, transporting military equipment and trainers, contributing to the prolongation of the war and the escalation of violence against civilians.
According to the Sudanese representative, the mercenary operations included the use of prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus in El Fasher, and the involvement of child soldiers in combat operations. Intelligence authorities documented the deaths of 121 civilians in a short period, including dozens killed by sniper fire and suicide drones.
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*The Sudanese government extends the opening of the Adre crossing until the end of the year and calls for redoubled efforts to meet needs*:
The Sudanese government stated that it has extended the opening of the Adre crossing, located on the border with Chad, calling for redoubled efforts to meet needs in the region.
Sudan has continued to renew the Adre crossing’s opening every three months, starting August 15, 2023, despite its location in West Darfur State, which is under the control of the Rapid Support Forces militia. This is to facilitate the flow of aid to the western region of the country.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that “the government of Sudan has decided to extend the opening of the Adre crossing on the Sudanese Chadian border for humanitarian aid, managed by international relief organizations, from September 1 of this year until the end of the year.”
It indicated that the extension confirms the government’s commitment to ensuring the delivery of aid and demonstrates its goodwill towards facilitating humanitarian work and coordination with relief organizations operating in Sudan in accordance with the rules and regulations governing international humanitarian law.
For its part, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced the arrival of a UNICEF convoy to Dilling, South Kordofan, marking the first major UN aid delivery in more than two years. The convoy will continue on to Kadugli to provide support to more than 120,000 people living in catastrophic conditions.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) welcomed the significant progress in humanitarian aid access to Sudan’s South Kordofan State, where a UNICEF convoy successfully delivered life-saving supplies to Dilling, marking the first major aid shipment to the area by any UN agency since October 2024.
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The United Nations: One Million Displaced People Return Home After Displacement by War:
The United Nations announced that more than 1.3 million Sudanese displaced by the war, including one million internally displaced persons, have returned to their homes and called for support for them.
“More and more internally displaced people have decided to return home,” said Mamadou Diane Balde, the UNHCR’s Regional Coordinator for the Sudan Crisis.
In remarks from Nairobi, he added that “one million internally displaced people have returned” in recent months. He noted that refugees and displaced people are returning home without taking much of anything with them.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has provided, through its Displacement Tracking Matrix in Sudan, an overview of returns for the period November 2024 – June 2025, as follows:
● Key Figures
• 1,337,117 individuals have returned to their areas of origin.
• 267,132 families have returned to six states, 34 localities, and 1,140 locations.
• A 12% increase in the number of returnees compared to the previous report.
• A 13% decrease in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) compared to the previous highest number recorded.
• As of June 26, 2025, IOM DTM teams estimated that more than 1,337,117 people had returned to their areas of origin in Sudan.
• Most of the returns were recorded in Al Jazirah (71%), followed by Sennar (13%), Khartoum (8%), White Nile (5%), River Nile (2%), and West Darfur (<1%).
• Of these movements, more than 1,316,000 people returned to their specific locations of origin.
Reasons for Return*
• 99%: Improved security conditions.
• Very small percentages: Lack of resources in areas of displacement, services, humanitarian aid, family reunification, or other reasons (1%).
Places of Return
• 77% returned to rural areas.
• 23% returned to urban areas.
• Within Khartoum: Most returnees returned to cities.
• In other states, such as Al-Jazirah and White Nile, a much smaller percentage returned to cities.
Housing Conditions
• 99% of returning families resided in their original homes (despite damage).
• Less than 1% resided with host families, in collective centers, private rentals, schools, or other shelters.
Distribution of Returnees by states
• Al-Jazeera: 952,275 individuals (71%)
• Sennar: 178,107 (13%)
• Khartoum: 105,723 (8%)
• White Nile: 35,252 (3%)
• River Nile: 28,655 (2%)
• West Darfur: 2,005 (1%)
Total: 1,337,117 individuals – 267,132 families – across 1,140 locations
Return Routes
• 66% returned from displacement sites within Sudan (states such as Gedaref, Kassala, White Nile, Khartoum, Red Sea, etc.).
• 24% returned from outside Sudan (323,604 people):
• Egypt (53%)
• Libya (21%)
• South Sudan (10%)
• Other countries with a smaller percentage (Chad, Uganda, etc.)
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Sudanese Wave of Anger in Confrontation with the Quartet Statement:
September 12, 2025
The statement issued by the foreign ministers of the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE, calling for an initial three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, sparked a wave of rejection and sharp criticism within Sudanese political and popular circles.
The statement aims to pave the way for a permanent ceasefire, followed by the formation of an “inclusive and transparent” transitional government not affiliated with the army or militias.
Criticisms of the Statement’s Content
Sudanese national forces expressed their rejection of what they described as “international guardianship” over the country’s future. They also refused to recognize the rebel militias or any role for them in the dialogue, considering that any initiative that does not take into account the Sudanese army’s role in protecting the sovereignty and unity of the state will be rejected by the people and officially.
The Army is a Red Line
On the other hand, Sudanese analysts emphasized that the Sudanese army represents the primary guarantor of the country’s unity and survival. They asserted that excluding it from any transitional arrangements constitutes a direct attempt to dismantle Sudan and empower foreign agendas.
They explained that the army, despite the difficult circumstances it is experiencing, continues to enjoy the trust of broad segments of the Sudanese people as a well-established national institution.
Popular Opposition
At the popular level, a state of discontent prevailed among the Sudanese people, with many citizens believing that such statements further complicate the situation and do not reflect the true suffering of the Sudanese people, who are demanding an end to the war while preserving the independence of national decision-making.
