UN says Sudan’s RSF killed over 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April

More than 1,000 civilians were killed during a three-day attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Zamzam camp, the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the UN Human Rights Office reported on Thursday.

In April, the RSF stormed Zamzam camp as part of their siege of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.

According to the UN report, hundreds of people were summarily executed during the attack. Displaced civilians were killed in house-to-house raids, in the main market, and inside schools and health facilities.

The report also documented patterns of sexual violence, “including rape, gang rape and sexual slavery”.

It said these acts amount to “a consistent pattern of serious violations of international humanitarian law and gross abuses of international human rights law”.

The report comes weeks after Amnesty International accused the RSF of committing war crimes during their assault on the camp.

Zamzam camp is the largest displacement camp in Sudan and was home to more than 500,000 people before the April attacks.

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