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Rabat – Nearly 100 people were killed in a brutal attack by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the village of Wad Al-Noora in Al-Jazira state, according to local officials in an Andalu Agency report.
The raid has been labeled a “comprehensive war crime” by Al-Jazira Governor Al-Tahir Ibrahim Al-Khair, who called for international condemnation for these “brutal violations.”
Meanwhile, the pro-democracy Wad Madani Resistance Committee said in a statement last night said that the village “witnessed a genocide on Wednesday.”
Eyewitness accounts and statements from local civil resistance committees described the attack as a massacre. The RSF stormed the village twice, inflicting severe casualties and causing extensive damage.
Images circulated on social media showed mass graves where more than 100 bodies have been buried.
Reuters reported that the RSF issued a statement claiming their operations targeted army and allied militia bases, not civilians. However, local resistance groups and survivors accused the RSF of looting and using heavy artillery against non-combatants.
The army-aligned Transitional Sovereign Council condemned the RSF’s actions and described them as systematic attacks on civilians.
“These are criminal acts that reflect the systematic behavior of these militias in targeting civilians,” it said in a statement.
The Wad Madani Resistance Committee said that despite pleas for assistance from the village, the army did not intervene.
The RSF, which has been embroiled in a conflict with the Sudanese army since April 2023, has expanded its control across various regions, including western and southern Sudan.
This latest incident is part of a series of violent clashes and attacks attributed to the RSF as they attempt to consolidate power in the region.
Efforts to mediate peace, including talks in Jeddah led by Saudi Arabia and the US, and initiatives by neighboring countries and international organizations, have thus far failed to resolve the conflict.
The UN reports that the war has caused over 16,000 deaths, displaced approximately 8.7 million people, and left over 25 million in need of humanitarian aid.
