A UN investigation in Sudan has concluded that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) violent seizure of the city of el-Fasher bears the "hallmarks of genocide".
The conquest of the North Darfur state capital in late October resulted in "three days of absolute horror", according to the report.
"The scale, coordination, and public endorsement of the operation by senior RSF leadership demonstrate that the crimes committed in and around el-Fasher were not random excesses of war," said the mission's chairman, Mohamad Chande Othman.
The report demanded that the perpetrators of these crimes be brought to justice.
"Our findings indicate that events in and around el-Fasher in 2025 point to... acts of genocide by the RSF," it said.
