A bloody civil war has been ongoing in Sudan since 2023. Image: keystone
Jul 1, 2026, 9:41 amJuly 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m
In view of serious human rights violations in the Sudanese civil war, Amnesty International is in favor of an international protection force.
It must be independent and adequately equipped, said the human rights organization when presenting its report on massacres, torture and sexual violence by fighters from the RSF militia during the capture of the city of Al-Fashir in North Darfur last year.
States worldwide should punish international crimes in Sudan according to the universal criminal principle, which stipulates that perpetrators can also be prosecuted in states without having committed them there.
Three RSF commanders identified by name after crimes
The report of massacres, torture, sexual slavery, rape and ethnic displacement joins a list of similar allegations made against the RSF in earlier phases of the civil war that has raged in other parts of Darfur since April 2023. Based on witness statements and analysis of open source sources such as RSF videos distributed on social media, three commanders were identified by name.
The report on the events in North Darfur is based on statements from survivors, doctors and helpers. The document presented in Nairobi comes at a time when fighting between the RSF and the government army SAF has escalated with the increased use of drones.
The Sudanese region of Kordofan in the center of the country is currently the focus of fighting. As the siege begins, the city of Al-Obeid is threatened with a similar fate to Al-Fashir.
War is fueled by other states
Amnesty also complains in the report that despite a UN Security Council arms embargo against the Darfur region that has been in place for almost two decades, large quantities of foreign weapons and military equipment have been imported into the civil war country, including Darfur.
“The current scale and intensity of the armed conflict in Sudan is only possible due to external actors fueling it, including through a largely unhindered supply of weapons and equipment,” says the report, which names the United Arab Emirates as the RSF’s main supporter. (sda/dpa)