NAIROBI, Kenya – Three senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of overseeing war crimes during the October 2025 siege and capture of el-Fasher in North Darfur, according to a new report released by Amnesty International, The Associated Press reported.
Launching the report in Nairobi on Wednesday, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard alleged that the RSF committed crimes against humanity and acts of ethnic cleansing during the assault on the city. She called for an immediate ceasefire and urged the deployment of a United Nations protection force to help safeguard civilians.
Amnesty Details Alleged Abuses
According to Amnesty International, more than 6,000 people were killed during the three-day assault on el-Fasher in October 2025, when RSF forces seized the city. The report follows earlier findings by U.N. experts, who said the attack bore the “hallmarks of genocide.”
Amnesty said it analyzed nine videos that allegedly documented serious abuses by senior RSF commanders. The organization said the footage showed one commander executing civilians, another torturing detainees, and a third ordering the torture of prisoners.
Callamard said the alleged violations included murder, forced displacement, unlawful imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other forms of sexual violence, enslavement, extermination, and persecution.
She urged the international community to take stronger action to halt continuing attacks on civilians and reinforce efforts to hold those responsible accountable.
Calls for International Accountability
Callamard said accountability efforts should include continued support for existing international investigative mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court (ICC) and fact-finding missions backed by the United Nations and the African Union.
She said the commanders identified in Amnesty’s report should be investigated and, where sufficient admissible evidence exists, prosecuted through appropriate legal processes.
Amnesty International said it shared the report with RSF leader Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo last month but had not received a response before publication.
The RSF has not publicly commented on the allegations contained in the report.
Sudan’s Conflict Continues to Worsen
Sudan’s civil war began in April 2023 following escalating tensions between the Sudanese army and the RSF.
According to the report, the conflict has killed at least 59,000 people, displaced approximately 13 million others, and pushed large parts of the country into famine.
More than 30 million people across Sudan are now in need of humanitarian assistance, underscoring the scale of one of the world’s largest ongoing humanitarian crises.
The latest allegations add to growing international scrutiny over the conduct of armed groups in Sudan as fighting continues and humanitarian conditions deteriorate across the country.
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