UN Report: RSF Committed Genocide in El Fasher

An independent United Nations fact-finding mission has released a report concluding that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed acts bearing the 'hallmarks of genocide' during their takeover of Sudan===El Fasher, Sudan, in October 2023. The report details mass killings, widespread rape, torture, and ethnic targeting of non-Arab communities, particularly the Zaghawa and Fur, following an 18-month siege. Thousands of civilians were killed, raped, or disappeared, and only 40% of the city's 260,000 residents managed to flee. The mission found that the RSF's actions met at least three of the five criteria for genocide under international law, including killing members of a protected ethnic group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction. Senior RSF leadership, including Hemedti, are implicated, with the report stating the crimes were part of a planned and organized operation. British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has condemned the findings and called for urgent international action and a ceasefire. The United Arab Emirates has been accused of supporting the RSF, which they deny. The conflict between the RSF and the Sudan===Sudanese Armed Forces, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands and displaced 11 million people, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.