Sudan’s RSF killed 1,000 civilians during the Darfur Refugee Camp attack, according to the UN

The RSF of Sudan is accused by UN investigators of killing at least 1,000 civilians during an attack on the Zamzam refugee camp in April.

At least 1,000 civilians were allegedly killed by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during a three-day attack on the Zamzam refugee camp in the Darfur region in April, according to the United Nations.

The UN Human Rights Office said in a report published on Thursday that during an assault on the camp, which is close to el-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur, RSF fighters committed extensive atrocities. The attack was a component of the continuous siege of the city by the RSF.

The report claims that hundreds of people were summarily murdered and that there was evidence of sexual abuse, including rape. According to investigators, the attack’s scope and savagery suggested grave transgressions of international humanitarian and human rights law.

Prior to the attack, Zamzam was the biggest camp for displaced people in Sudan, housing over 500,000 people who had fled previous waves of violence in Darfur. According to the UN, the RSF had been preventing the entry of food, medicine, and other necessities for months before the attack, which left the locals in a more dire situation.

Since the start of the civil conflict in Sudan, the RSF has been accused of mass murder, sexual assault, and the forcible relocation of populations throughout Darfur. These new discoveries join the expanding list of charges against the group.

The UN’s most recent report has received no public response from the RSF.