Amnesty International published on 1 July 2026 a report titled "City Under Seige, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces' Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur."
This is a 202-page report on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) atrocities in North Darfur based on 247 interviews, including 208 with survivors of the RSF seizure of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur.
UN News published on 19 February 2026 an article titled "Sudan: 'Hallmarks of Genocide' Found in El Fasher, UN Investigators Detail Mass Killings and Ethnic Targeting" by Vibhu Mishra.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence, and enforced disappearance during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur Region. They committed three underlying acts of genocide, which is the only reasonable inference you can take from the RSF killings.
AEI's Critical Threats Africa File posted on 30 October 2025 an article titled "Sudan" by Michael DeAngelo.
It provides a discussion of the recent military gains in Darfur and Kordofan by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the atrocities that have followed these victories. It also provides an update on efforts by the Quad (US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt) to arrange a cease fire.
The Economist published on 9 October 2025 an article titled "The Forgotten Horror of Western Tigray."
The article reports that for nearly 5 years ethnic cleansing has been occurring in Western Tigray on a scale reminiscent of the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
The Irish Times published on 13 December 2024 an article titled "Sudan War Pushing Country towards Partition, US Envoy Says" by David Pilling.
According to US envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, Sudan is at risk of breaking apart or becoming a "failed state" as foreign powers stoke a war that continues for decades and exacerbates an already massive humanitarian catastrophe.
The White House published on 17 September 2024 a "Statement from President Joe Biden on Sudan."
President Biden called on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, and re-engage in negotiations to end the war.
He noted the United States previously determined that members of the SAF and the RSF have committed war crimes, and that members of the RSF have committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.
Foreign Affairs posted on 31 July 2024 an article titled "The UAE's Secret War in Sudan: How International Pressure Can Stop the Genocidal Violence" by John Prendergast and Anthony Lake.
The external country that bears most of the responsibility for Sudan's starvation and ethnic cleansing is the United Arab Emirates, which supports the genocidal attacks on civilians in Darfur and other regions by the Rapid Support Forces.
The US Institute of Peace published on 18 July 2024 a commentary titled "As Famine Spreads Across Sudan, Protecting Civilians Must Be a Priority" by Ilhan Dahir.
As the humanitarian situation deteriorates in Sudan and international efforts to protect civilians have been ineffectual, the author argues that the international community must focus on ways to ensure humanitarian aid access is unimpeded.
Human Rights Watch published on 9 May 2024 a 218-page report titled "'The Massalit Will Not Come Home': Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El-Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan."
The report documents that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and their allied mainly Arab militias, including the Third-Front Tamazuj, an armed group, targeted the predominantly Masalit neighborhoods of El Geneina in relentless waves that began in April 2023. The attackers committed other serious abuses such as torture, rape, and looting. More than half a million refugees from West Darfur have fled to Chad since the beginning of this violence.
US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 1 May 2024 and opened with a statement titled "Conflict and Humanitarian Emergency in Sudan: An Urgent Call to Action."
Perriello emphasized the urgency of the situation in Sudan and spelled out the three-pronged policy by the United States to end the conflict.
The Washington Post published on 24 April 2024 an editorial titled "Sudan's Second Year of War Brings Little Hope. The World Should Keep Trying Anyway."
Because of the continuing humanitarian crisis and worsening issues of ethnic cleansing, the editorial staff of the paper argues for the urgent need to sustain high-level diplomacy led by the United States. Ultimately, Sudan must also have a pathway to return to democratic civilian rule.
Aljazeera published on 30 January 2024 an article titled "ICC Accuses Sudan and Rebels of Darfur War Crimes."
The head of the International Criminal Court informed the UN Security Council on 29 January that both the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are committing war crimes in western Sudan's Darfur region. He said the situation in Darfur is "dire by any metric."
The Economist published on 17 January 2024 an article titled "Why Diplomacy over Sudan, Africa's Enduring Nightmare, Is Stuck."
Following recent successful visits to Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa, and Rwanda, Rapid Support Forces paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is winning both the diplomatic battle and the war on the ground in Sudan. Dagalo senses victory and is in no mood to compromise with the Sudan Armed Forces.
Aljazeera published on 5 January 2024 an article titled "Sudan's Army Chief Al-Burhan Says 'No Reconciliation' with Paramilitary RSF."
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised on 5 January to continue fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), arguing that it had engaged in war crimes. The head of the RSF had earlier proposed the two generals meet to discuss a ceasefire, although many analysts doubted the sincerity of the offer.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on 6 December 2023 titled "War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Ethnic Cleansing Determination in Sudan."
The US Department of State has concluded that members of the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed war crimes in Sudan. In addition, members of the RSF and allied militias have committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.
Politico published on 11 November 2023 an article titled "UN Sounds Alarm on Darfur, Warns World Not to Repeat History" by Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing.
The UN Refugee Agency is "gravely concerned" about ethnic cleansing underway in Sudan's Darfur region by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and fears there could be a repeat of the genocide that occurred early this century.
The Washington Post published on 29 August 2023 an editorial titled "In Sudan, a Genocide Unfolds--Again--And the World Does Little."
A new campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is underway in Sudan's Darfur region. The RSF has resumed its leftover business from 2003 and 2004 to ethnically cleanse Darfur of it African tribes. The editorial calls on the UN Security Council to support an African peacekeeping force for the region.
Aljazeera published on 4 August 2023 an article titled "Human Rights Watch Urges US to Stop Atrocities in Sudan's Darfur."
The United States, United Kingdom, and Norway condemned in "the strongest terms" continuing violence in Darfur. Human Rights Watch appealed to the US and UN to impose further sanctions on the Sudanese individuals responsible for the atrocities in Darfur.
Comment: Unfortunately, additional sanctions on individuals are unlikely to have any impact on this situation. The deployment of massive numbers of foreign peacekeepers might make a difference, but there is no appetite in the international community for such action.
Just Security published on 20 July 2023 a commentary titled "Why Say Who Did What? The Ethiopia Case and the Power of US Atrocity Determinations" by Nicole Widdersheim, Human Rights Watch.
The author takes exception to the decision by the Biden administration to back away from its earlier determination of a "pattern of gross violations of human rights" in Ethiopia.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) posted on 7 July 2023 a 47 minute podcast titled "A Long War Looming in Sudan" hosted by Richard Atwood with ICG staff Shewit Woldemichael and Alan Boswell.
The podcast provides an update and analysis of fighting in Darfur, southern Sudan, and the Khartoum capital region. The current situation suggests it will be a long war and could be a civil war. There are increasing parallels in Sudan to Somalia of 30 years ago. The outlook for mediation is dismal.
