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.
The Associated Press published on 27 November 2023 an article titled "A Watchdog Urges UN Security Council to Consider All Options to Protect Sudan's Darfur Civilians" by Samy Magdy.
Human Rights Watch has called on the UN Security Council to take all necessary steps to end the human rights' atrocities in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and Arab militias.
Aljazeera published on 22 November 2023 an article titled "Fears of All-out Ethnic War Rise in Sudan's Darfur" by Mat Nashed.
The on-going fighting in Darfur will most likely turn into an all-out ethnic based conflict. Five mostly non-Arab armed militia known as the Joint Protection Forces have banded together to protect the last remaining part of Darfur region from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The New York Times published on 16 November 2023 an article titled "Seizing Darfur Region, Paramilitary Forces Are Accused of Atrocities" by Declan Walsh and Abdi Latif Dahir.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are on the verge of seizing all of Darfur region. Undisciplined RSF soldiers and members of Arab militias are engaging in all manner of human rights abuses in the region.
The Washington Post published on 8 November 2023 an article titled "Rebel Militias Rout Sudanese Army in Darfur, Mass Killings Reported" by Katharine Houreld and Hafiz Haroun.
Three of the five regional capitals in Sudan's Darfur province have fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces over the past week. Mass killings have accompanied the fighting with the Sudan Armed Forces.
The Washington Post published on 18 July 2023 an article titled "A New Generation Faces Growing Prospect of Another Genocide in Darfur" by Hafiz Haroun and Rick Noack.
Sudan's Darfur Region faces the prospect of another genocide with increasing attacks on African Masalit by Arab militias and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Some of the destruction in Darfur has been attributed to indiscriminate shelling by the Sudan Armed Forces during clashes with the RSF.
Vox published on 15 July 2023 an article titled "Sudan's Mass Grave Is the Latest Development in a Brutal Conflict" by Ellen Ioanes.
The article summarizes the latest developments in Sudan with an emphasis on the possibility the humanitarian crisis will spread throughout the region.
Human Rights Watch published on 11 July 2023 a report titled "Sudan: Darfur Town Destroyed."
Human Rights Watch reported that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias destroyed the town of Misterei in Darfur, executed at least 28 ethnic Masalit, and killed and injured dozens of civilians during an attack in May. It called on the International Criminal Court to investigate the atrocities.
The Guardian published on 15 June 2023 an article titled "Sudan: Paramilitary Forces Blamed for Assassination of West Darfur Governor" by Zeinab Mohammed Salih and Jason Burke.
UN sources announced that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and nomadic Arab militias brutally killed the governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abdallah Abbakar, who was also a leader of the sedentary Masalit ethnic group. The RSF denied the charge. The conflict in Darfur that began 20 years ago was largely between sedentary African farmers, including the Masalit, and nomadic Arab ethnic groups.
The New York Times published on 15 June 2023 an article titled "Brutal Killing of Governor Heralds New Round of Violence in Darfur" by Declan Walsh.
The article suggests this incident may push the region into a new ethnic civil war. The head of the International Rescue Committee warned that Sudan is on course to become the next Syria.
Refworld posted in 2015 a background piece titled "Sudan: Treatment of the Masalit Ethnic Group in Darfur by Government Authorities and Armed Militias, Including Incidents of Violence" that provides useful information on the Masalit ethnic group.
