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Sudan’s RSF committed crimes against humanity in El Fasher, Amnesty says

Armed fighters in camouflage and face coverings hold rifles in an outdoor area with vehicles and vegetation
Rapid Support Forces in El-Fasher in October, when it captured El Fasher, the last stronghold of the Sudan armed forces in Darfur. Photograph: Rapid Support Forces (RSF)/AFP/Getty Images

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to capture El Fasher, Amnesty International has alleged.

Many of the crimes, including murder, torture, rape, enslavement and sexual slavery, were carried out as part of a widespread and systematic attack against civilians and amounted to crimes against humanity, the human rights organisation said in a report released on Wednesday.

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