Attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed more than 200 people over the past three days, activists said yesterday, as the paramilitary group delayed signing a political charter that could pave the way for a breakaway government.
After nearly two years of war with Sudan’s army, the RSF controls most of the west of Sudan and parts of the capital, Khartoum, but has been losing ground in central Sudan to the army.
White Nile state, where activists said three days of RSF attacks had left more than 200 dead, has emerged as a key battleground as the army regains territory.
The attacks occurred in villages around the town of Al Gitaina, said Emergency Lawyers, a group that has monitored the impact of the conflict on civilians.
One eyewitness said by phone: “The RSF attacked on Sunday morning... with all sorts of weapons firing randomly, and so dozens of people were killed instantly and more were injured.”
“Those who tried to flee across the Nile were shot at, drowning them,” Emergency Lawyers said, in what it called “an intentional act of genocide”.
The attacks came as the RSF assembled allied politicians and armed group leaders in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to sign a charter that would provide for a “Government of Peace and Unity” to govern the territories the force controls.
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