RSF commits 'myriad crimes against humanity' in Sudan: UN probe

GENEVA, Sept 05 (AFP): The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have committed numerous crimes against humanity in Sudan's civil war, in particular in their siege of El-Fasher in western Darfur, UN investigators said Friday.
The United Nations' fact-finding mission for Sudan determined in a new report that the RSF had "committed crimes against humanity, notably murder, torture, forced displacement, persecution on ethnic grounds, and other inhumane acts".
It also found evidence of war crimes by both sides in the conflict between the regular army and the RSF, which has killed tens of thousands of people since it broke out in April 2023.
"Our findings leave no room for doubt: civilians are paying the highest price in this war," mission chief Mohamed Chande Othman said in a statement.
"Both sides have deliberately targeted civilians through attacks, summary executions, arbitrary detention, torture, and inhuman treatment in detention facilities, including denial of food, sanitation, and medical care," he said.
"These are not accidental tragedies but deliberate strategies amounting to war crimes."