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2025-08-26 Africa Horn
RSF killed at least 89 civilians in Sudan''s Darfur, U.N. says
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The U.N. human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
office on Friday said Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 89 civilians in ''brutal attacks'' over a 10-day period in the besieged North Darfur city of El Fasher, with many victims apparently targeted for their ethnicity.

The spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jeremy Laurence, said the actual number of civilians killed in the city and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp was likely higher.

''This pattern of attacks on civilians and wilful killings, which are serious violations of international humanitarian law, deepens our concerns about ethnically motivated violence,'' Laurence said in a statement.

The U.N. documented that at least 32 non-combatants were killed between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20, following a previous attack on Aug. 11 that killed at least 57.

The agency said it was particularly horrified that 16 of the recent killings appeared to be summary executions. Most of those victims were from the African Zaghawa tribe, while another man was reportedly killed after telling his attackers he belonged to the African Berti tribe.

The U.N. also received reports that at least 40 internally displaced men were kidnapped on Aug. 16 and their whereabouts remain unknown.

The attacks have worsened a critical humanitarian situation in El Fasher, which has been under siege for more than a year, with a growing risk of famine in the region.

Laurence said aid delivery has also come under fire, citing an Aug. 20 incident where aerial strikes in Mellit, North Darfur hit a U.N. convoy of 16 trucks carrying food.

''Humanitarian assistance and workers are protected explicitly under international humanitarian law and must not be targeted,'' he said.
Posted by Fred 2025-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [321 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Sudan 

#1 According to anonymous sources, Winston Churchill is working on a sequel to his book "The River War" about his time in Sudan with a cavalry regiment working to pacify some Islamo-nutter who thought he was the Mahdi.
Working title is "Same Shite, Different Day".
Posted by SteveS 2025-08-26 10:22||   2025-08-26 10:22|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#2 Winston had it right, from an on-the-ground perspective.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-26 11:33||   2025-08-26 11:33|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#3 So sorry, Winni old boy, but you did a piss poor job - and now, they've came to UK.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-26 11:38||   2025-08-26 11:38|| Front Page || Comments   Top

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