A team of MSF personnel was recently granted access under strict supervision to the city of Al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan. The city is currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces who committed widescale ethnic cleansing in the city when they captured it in October last year.
In their report, Médecins Sans Frontières, stated that their trip ended in four hours and met with very few people as they mostly encountered destruction and ruined buildings in an empty city. They were transported to a camp with mostly women and children and treated up to 20 patients.
The Rapid Support Forces, who are backed and financed by the United Arab Emirates, captured the city of Al-Fashir in October last year after a siege that lasted more than 500 days. Following the takeover of the city, the RSF executed tens of thousands of civilians and filmed many of their atrocities and their massacres. Tens of thousands of others have fled on feet with many of them dying on the way due to thirst and exhaustion. More than 100,000 people are still thought to be missing with many unaccounted for.
The International Criminal Court is conducting an investigation on the crimes committed in Al-Fashir.
In the capital city of Khartoum, up to 15,000 bodies have been recovered following the city’s liberation and the expulsion of the RSF.
Yesterday, the EU Foreign Council also added several RSF leaders into its sanctions list, among them including, Algony Hamdan Dagalo Musa (RSF leader Hemedti’s brother), RSF commanders Abu Lulu, Edris Katufi, Tijani Mohamed who were involved in the genocide in Al-Fashir.
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