Growing outrage across the world as reports emerge of a horrific massacre in Sudan’s Darfur region — where hundreds of civilians were allegedly killed inside a hospital by the country’s powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.
According to the United Nations, displaced residents, and humanitarian workers, RSF fighters stormed the Saudi Hospital in El-Fasher, North Darfur, after seizing control of the city over the weekend.
The World Health Organization says as many as 460 patients and their companions were killed — many shot at close range inside hospital wards.
Witnesses describe scenes of terror as RSF soldiers went house-to-house, attacking men, women, and children. Streets, they say, were littered with bodies of those who tried to flee.
The RSF’s commander, General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo — sanctioned by the United States — acknowledged what he called “abuses” by his troops and said an investigation has been launched. But many Sudanese doubt such promises, accusing the RSF of widespread atrocities throughout the 18-month conflict.
Graphic – “Darfur Under Siege: 40,000 Dead, 14 Million Displaced.”
The war for control of Sudan has already claimed more than 40,000 lives and displaced over 14 million people, creating what the U.N. calls the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
El-Fasher’s fall marks a devastating milestone — it was the army’s last major stronghold in Darfur.
A new report from Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab supports claims of mass executions, using satellite imagery showing possible blood pools and bodies near the Saudi Hospital and at a former children’s detention center.
The lab says these findings suggest systematic killings by RSF forces since their takeover.
Aid groups say more than 36,000 people have fled El-Fasher in the past few days. Many survivors tell of torture, sexual assaults, and ethnic killings. Doctors Without Borders reports receiving dozens of malnourished and orphaned children — some just infants — after escaping the city.
UNICEF spokesperson Sheldon Yett : UNICEF’s representative to Sudan described the situation as “an absolute catastrophe — now hell on Earth with guns everywhere.” With communications cut off, the full extent of the killings remains unclear.
The international community is condemning the attacks. France, Germany, and the European Union called the killings “abhorrent and inexcusable.” Human Rights Watch said the footage “reveals a horrifying truth — that the RSF operates with impunity.”
In Washington, senior U.S. adviser Massad Boulos denounced the violence, urging RSF leaders to turn “words into concrete action.”
Meanwhile, Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for the RSF to be labeled a foreign terrorist organization, citing “unspeakable atrocities and genocide.”
Today, Sudan’s conflict is spiraling deeper into chaos — and the world is watching in shock as new evidence of war crimes surfaces.
The U.N. is demanding accountability and safe passage for civilians still trapped in Darfur’s war zone.
Stay with us for continuing coverage of the crisis in Sudan — and the growing calls for justice.
Reporting by Ehud Jones.
