Under an internet blackout, atrocities are occurring in Sudan’s el-Gezira area, causing a humanitarian disaster. The RSF attacked el-Gezira in December, capturing control of Wad Madani, the country’s second-largest city. RSF combatants and criminal gangs have committed murder, rape, kidnapping, looting, robbery, and building burning, according to eyewitnesses and activists.
A young woman was brutally attacked by 16 RSF soldiers, and one of her relatives was shot dead trying to help. The RSF says these transgressions are overblown but promises to remedy them and make those involved accountable.
The RSF-allegedly-orchestrated internet outage has made it hard for campaigners to reach victims and chronicle the disaster. Since December, approximately 1,000 people have died due to a shortage of medical and growing injuries.
The Save Gezira campaign, like the broader Save Darfur alliance, records RSF crimes to highlight the need for intervention. Witnesses describe the RSF targeting communities, relocating residents, and planning demographic changes.
The RSF denies inciting ethnic violence, but claims suggest a deeper conflict between General Hemeti’s RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces. Displaced residents lack food and medication, and the RSF’s operations imperil the Gezira irrigation project.
The international world concerns the RSF’s responsibility, the internet blackout’s impact, and the need of humanitarian action in Sudan’s el-Gezira as the crisis escalates.
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