{"id":4715,"date":"2026-02-13T01:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/un-6000-killed-in-el-fasher-attributed-to-rsf"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:31:48","slug":"un-6000-killed-in-el-fasher-attributed-to-rsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/un-6000-killed-in-el-fasher-attributed-to-rsf","title":{"rendered":"UN: 6,000 Killed in El Fasher Attributed to RSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The UN Office for Human Rights said violations committed by Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their takeover of El Fasher rise to the level of \u201cwar crimes\u201d and \u201cpossible crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A report by the UN office said that, \u201cbased on interviews with more than 140 victims and witnesses conducted in Sudan\u2019s Northern State and eastern Chad in late 2025, the UN Office for Human Rights documented more than 6,000 deaths in the first three days of the RSF attack on the city, the capital of North Darfur, after 18 months of continuous siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said \u201cat least 4,400 people were killed inside El Fasher during those few days, and more than 1,600 others on the exit routes as they fled. The actual number of deaths during the week-long attack is certainly much higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It concluded that \u201cthe RSF and allied militias carried out widespread attacks, including mass killings and summary executions, sexual violence, kidnappings for ransom, torture and ill-treatment, arrests, disappearances, looting, and the use of children in hostilities. In many cases, the attacks targeted civilians and people unable to fight based on their ethnic origin or alleged affiliations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tu\u0308rk called for credible and impartial investigations to establish criminal responsibility, including that of commanders and other senior officials, leading to genuine accountability for extremely serious crimes\u2014through all available means\u2014whether in fair and independent Sudanese courts, through universal jurisdiction beyond territorial borders in third countries, or before the International Criminal Court and other mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The UN Office for Human Rights said violations committed by Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their takeover of El Fasher rise to the level of \u201cwar crimes\u201d and \u201cpossible crimes against humanity.\u201d A report by the UN office said that, \u201cbased on interviews with more than 140 victims and witnesses conducted in Sudan\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN: 6,000 Killed in El Fasher Attributed to RSF - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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