BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday denounced what it said was the “brutality” of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, which recently captured the key city of El-Fasher.
The statement came as reports emerged of mass atrocities there and the killing of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan.
“Civilians being targeted based on their ethnicity underscore the brutality of the Rapid Support Force,” said a statement by the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
“The Rapid Support Forces bear responsibility for protecting civilians in areas under their control, including aid workers, local responders, and journalists,” said the statement, co-signed by the EU’s commissioner for crisis management, Hadja Lahbib.
“Humanitarian organizations must be granted immediate, safe and unconditional access to all those in need. Civilians wishing to leave the city must be allowed to do so safely.”
