UN probe finds mass killings, gang rapes by Sudan’s RSF amount to genocide
UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the paramilitary’s systematic campaign of violence in Darfur amounted to genocide.

UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the paramilitary’s systematic campaign of violence in Darfur amounted to genocide.

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As RSF troops besiege el-Obeid, 500,000 civilians face mass atrocities amid drone strikes and a stalled peace process.

The RSF wants to seize the strategic southern city from the Sudanese military.
Rights group accuses the paramilitary of ‘crimes against humanity’ for attacks in and around North Darfur State capital.
The battle for el-Obeid exposes the foreign arms and polarised narratives stalling peace in Sudan’s grinding war.
The city is at risk of an ‘imminent ground offensive’ by the RSF paramilitary and its allies, 38 NGOs warn.
Fleeing scorched earth, Darfur’s mothers share harrowing tales of starvation and survival in Chad.
US calls for negotiated solution and expresses alarm over potential ‘mass atrocities’ as paramilitary surrounds city.

Mohammed Amin was awarded ‘Journalist of the Year’ but couldn’t attend the ceremony as the UK refused to give him a visa
UN and allies warn of grave rights violations in North Kordofan, urge maximum pressure on RSF and SAF.

Al Jazeera journalist Al-Tahir al-Mardi has been reunited with his family in Khartoum after three years of separation.