Sudan details RSF atrocities in El Fasher, slams international silence
August 28, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s government on Thursday detailed accusations of atrocities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the besieged city of El Fasher to foreign diplomats and aid groups, and criticised what it called international silence over the crisis.
At a briefing in Port Sudan, officials presented evidence of the humanitarian disaster in the Darfur city, which they said has been under siege by the RSF for 501 days.
“The terrorist RSF militia… has displaced 600,000 citizens from their homes,” said Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Hussein Al-Amin.
He said 260,000 civilians remain trapped in the city, facing hunger and disease, with 130,000 children suffering from malnutrition. Al-Amin accused RSF fighters of raping 23 children and killing 1,000 others, whose bodies he said were mutilated.
The RSF has also destroyed six schools and 35 hospitals, according to Al-Amin. He called on the international community to work together to deliver humanitarian aid.
The government’s Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Salwa Adam Binnia, called for the enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 2736, which demanded the RSF halt the siege. She said government relief has been blocked from reaching the city.
Officials reported 5,000 suspected cholera cases and 98 related deaths in El Fasher, where many residents have resorted to eating “al-ambaz,” a paste made from peanut and sesame residue used as animal fodder.
During the meeting, officials screened a documentary showing alleged RSF abuses.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Sudan, Ali bin Hassan Jaafar, called the scenes “very painful” and said his country demands an end to the siege.
“The United Nations and the international community must work diligently to end the blockade,” Jaafar said, adding that the Kingdom was ready to send aid once access is possible.
The conflict between Sudan’s army and the RSF erupted in mid-April 2023. A declaration signed in Jeddah in June 2023, mediated by Saudi Arabia and the United States to protect civilians, has not been implemented.