The Sudan conflict is destabilizing Ethiopia, with RSF training camps near refugee sites like Ura, where Sudanese refugees fear further attacks. Ethiopia's new "Makatet" project aims to integrate refugees, but regional war looms as the conflict metastasizes, raising concerns among experts and residents.
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have destroyed multiple villages near the western border with Chad, displacing thousands, according to survivors and the UN. The RSF, at war with the Sudanese army since April 2023, faces UN accusations of massacres targeting ethnic groups like the Zaghawa. Children are also severely affected, with hundreds killed or injured.
Amnesty International alleged Wednesday that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on El-Fasher city between 2024 and 2025. The report, based on interviews with 247 victims or witnesses, found systematic attacks on settlements housing the Zaghawa people.
Amnesty International reports that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity during the siege and capture of el-Fasher, North Darfur, which fell in October 2025. The report details systematic attacks on Zaghawa people, widespread violence against children, and implicates RSF commanders.
Amnesty International reported that the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their seizure of El Fasher, including murder, torture, rape, and enslavement, targeting non-Arab civilians.
The UN Security Council and several nations warn of an "imminent risk of mass atrocities" as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) troops deploy around el-Obeid, Sudan. The city, a strategic logistical hub, is under Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) control, with fears of a repeat of the el-Fasher tragedy.
A human rights investigator will testify that the UK government received intelligence in 2024 linking Ethiopia to supporting a genocidal militia in Sudan but withheld public disclosure due to "significant private pressure" from the UAE. The investigator alleges the UK prioritized relations with the UAE over preventing mass atrocities.
The widespread use of rape and other sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan has spurred a massive mental health crisis, United Nations agencies and local aid groups warned. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands and displaced around 11 million people. Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières last month said at least 3,396 survivors of sexual violence – nearly all of them women...
