UN accuses paramilitary RSF of committing war crimes in Sudan’s el-Fasher

UN rights chief urges probe as new report details mass killings, sexual violence and targeted attacks against civilians.

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The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out war crimes and a possible crime against humanity in its takeover of Sudan’s western city of el-Fasher last year, the United Nations human rights office has said.

In a report (PDF) released on Friday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said “there are reasonable grounds to believe” the RSF and allied armed groups committed acts amounting to war crimes.

UN accuses paramilitary RSF of committing war crimes in Sudan’s el-Fasher

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