A number of militiamen accused of war crimes in al-Fashir, Sudan, have been arrested, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said. The notorious Abu Lulu, who posted videos of himself murdering people on TikTok, is said to be among those arrested.
WorldCorpses in the streets, patients shot in their hospital beds. Civilians fleeing are being attacked and killed – or held captive with demands for ransom. Brutal abuses are reported after the RSF militia took over al-Fashir in Sudanese Darfur.
WorldMore massacres in the brutal civil war in Sudan are becoming known to the outside world. But no strong intervention from the outside world is in sight – even though the major powers could probably agree on this particular issue. We have such deep distrust now, says former top diplomat Jan Eliasson.
WorldNearly 500 civilians who were in a hospital were killed by the paramilitary force RSF when it took the city of al-Fashir, according to information provided to the World Health Organization WHO. "Dismayed and deeply shocked by the reports," writes WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X.
WorldAt least 18 people have been reported missing since a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Libya.
WorldThe Sudanese author Omar El Saim has specially written a text about the war in Sudan, which is performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
EntertainmentForces allied with the Sudanese military accuse the paramilitary force RSF, which has taken the city of al-Fashir, of having killed over 2,000 unarmed civilians in two days. The African Union condemns alleged war crimes in the city. The Red Cross says that five employees have been killed, despite wearing visible markings of affiliation, in the adjacent region.
WorldSudan's military acknowledges that it has gone into full retreat and lost the besieged city of al-Fashir – and thus the region of Darfur – in Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped as the paramilitary force RSF takes over the city. The UN warns of possible war crimes.
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