NEW YORK CITY: When the UN-backed fact-finding mission on Sudan concluded that atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces in and around Al-Fasher last October bore the “hallmarks of genocide,” it marked one of the most damning international assessments of the conflict to date. The investigative report, issued on Thursday, detailed mass killings, sexual violence, rape, torture, abductions and the deliberate targeting of non-Arab communities, particularly the Zaghawa and Fur, during the RSF assault on the Darfuri city in October.

A UN Fact Finding mission issued the report after investigating the capture of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces.

UN probe documents coordinated ethnic targeting, rape and torture against non-Arab communities in Sudanese city.