NAIROBI (SONNA) – The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Nairobi, Kenya, has issued a powerful condemnation of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing the militia of committing “genocide,” “war crimes,” and “crimes against humanity” in El Fashir, the capital of North Darfur.
In a formal press conference statement, the embassy detailed a “campaign of pure extermination” which it alleges the RSF unleashed upon the city after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdrew on October 26 to protect civilians from further annihilation.
The statement paints a harrowing picture of the situation, describing systematic atrocities, not as a spontaneous conflict, but as a deliberate and systematic extermination. The embassy cited eyewitness and humanitarian organization reports of “house-to-house executions, public hangings, and mass graves” across the city.
“Civilians were run over by armoured vehicles in the streets. Women and girls were raped in front of their families. Elderly men were shot in their homes… Entire families — entire bloodlines — were wiped out within hours,” the document states, explicitly linking the RSF to the former Janjaweed militias.
The humanitarian toll, according to the embassy, is “staggering.” Citing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the statement notes that “more than 800,000 civilians have fled El Fashir in recent weeks alone,” with countless bodies left unburied in the streets. “El Fashir — once a city of coexistence and trade — has become a graveyard of humanity.”
While acknowledging an “unprecedented wave of international condemnation” from the United Nations, African Union, European Union, and the United States, the embassy charged that the “terrorist RSF militia continues to defy international law, emboldened by the inaction of the international community.”
The Sudanese government is formally urging the United Nations to “act decisively to investigate these networks, to impose targeted sanctions on those responsible, and to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organization.”
The statement further alleges that the RSF is sustained by foreign support, citing a recent UN Panel of Experts report (S/2024/65) and other evidence presented to the UN Security Council, which it says identifies “credible investigations, satellite imagery, and customs records” showing the RSF has received “arms, drones, and fuel” in violation of the UN arms embargo on Darfur.
In a direct appeal to the international community and media, the embassy concluded with a stark message: “Silence is complicity. Inaction is betrayal… Sudan does not ask for sympathy — it demands justice… Sudan will never surrender to terror. Our sovereignty, unity, and dignity will prevail.”
