The Latest Breaking News from West Darfur

US accuses RSF of genocide, hurting the group’s drive for legitimacy

Paramilitary force’s image tarnished by US genocide designation, say experts, as survivors hope for justice.

Al Jazeera · Jan 10, 2025

US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur

Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla is accused of leading a campaign marred by sexual and ethnically motivated violence.

Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2024

UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF

Paramilitary group’s head of operations and West Darfur commander have been slapped with travel bans and asset freezes.

Al Jazeera · Nov 9, 2024

Sudan’s war leaves deep scars in Geneina, a city of two massacres

People in West Darfur’s capital still step over residue from the bodies of some of the 10,000 dead, and thousands have fled

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

‘They told us – you are slaves’: survivors give harrowing testimony of Darfur’s year of hell

With the war in Sudan poised to escalate and the humanitarian crisis growing, traumatised survivors of a blood-drenched summer in West Darfur tell of their ordeal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023

Rape, murder, looting: massacre in Ardamata is the latest chapter in Darfur’s horror story

Witnesses recall November’s atrocity as the long-running ethnic conflict in Sudan claims more victims

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023

Stories of horror: Investigating a massacre in Sudan's Darfur region

Since the start of Sudan's brutal civil war in April, mass killings of civilians have been perpetrated in the West Darfur region. Our team investigates atrocities committed against the local Masalit ethnic group.

France 24 · Dec 1, 2023

EU 'appalled' by reports of 1,000 killed in Darfur, fearing ethnic cleansing

The EU said Sunday it was "appalled" by reports of more than 1,000 people killed this month in Sudan's West Darfur in an apparent "ethnic cleansing campaign" by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Radio France Internationale · Nov 13, 2023

‘Corpses on streets’: Sudan’s RSF kills 1,300 in Darfur, monitors say

The mass killing might be the largest in the civil war that erupted in April, based on reports from monitors.

Al Jazeera · Nov 10, 2023

Sudanese refugee children in Chad face malnutrition and trauma

The conflict in Sudan between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has reignited ethnic violence in West Darfur, where the RSF is accused of committing acts of ethnic cleansing against the Masalit community. More than 400,000 Sudanese have already crossed the border into Chad, most of them women…

France 24 · Oct 30, 2023