Amnesty reports RSF ethnic cleansing and siege in Sudan’s el-Fasher

What happened

Amnesty International reports that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) perpetrated crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in el-Fasher, North Darfur, between early 2024 and October 2025. The rights group’s report documents killings, torture, sexual violence, and mass detentions linked to RSF attacks on the city and surrounding areas.

Outside Brief is treating this as a source-led account. Any disputed responsibility, casualty figure, battlefield claim or single-source assertion should be treated as unconfirmed/hearsay unless confirmed by another reliable source or a named official. The RSF’s actions, according to Amnesty, targeted primarily the Zaghawa ethnic group in villages around el-Fasher. The campaign included murder, forcible transfers, rape, and enslavement, with hundreds of thousands displaced, including many children exposed to repeated attacks or forced to flee. People with disabilities and elderly individuals faced particularly grave risks and lacked access to aid.

Amnesty’s report was based on interviews with 246 individuals, including 208 survivors who witnessed or endured conflict-related abuses. Following the RSF’s final offensive on October 26, 2025, the group found evidence of hundreds of civilian executions and widespread torture or detention. One survivor reported seeing nearly 1,000 dead, among them children.

Known from the source

• Amnesty International published a report alleging RSF committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in el-Fasher between 2024 and 2025.
• The report includes documented abuses such as killing, torture, rape, sexual slavery, and forced displacement.
• Amnesty interviewed 246 people, including 208 survivors of abuses.
• The RSF allegedly besieged el-Fasher from May 2024 to October 2025, restricting food and aid access and shelling the city.
• The siege is reported to have contributed to famine conditions.

What remains unclear

The RSF besieged el-Fasher for more than a year, shelling the city almost daily and restricting food and humanitarian access, contributing to local famine and forcing residents to consume ambaz, a peanut oil byproduct not meant for human consumption. Amnesty’s secretary-general called for a nationwide ceasefire and deployment of an independent international force to protect civilians.

What remains unclear: Confirm whether the central claim is corroborated; until then treat it as unconfirmed/hearsay. Verification of casualty figures, including reported executions and number of dead bodies. Independent confirmation of criminal acts such as sexual slavery and torture attributed to the RSF. Verification of siege conditions and impact on famine in el-Fasher.

Evidence note

This story contains report-led claims. The article keeps those claims attributed and treats them as unconfirmed/hearsay unless independently corroborated.

Original source: Al Jazeera Sudan. Open the source.