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UN Calls RSF Al-Fashir Campaign Genocide, Launches Inquiry

7/9/2026

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The United Nations (U.N.) fact-finding mission classified the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) campaign in al-Fashir as genocide.
The RSF seized al-Fashir, carried out killings, rapes and starvation, and rejected the accusations as fabricated by its enemies.
U.N. human-rights chief warned a catastrophe could unfold in al-Obeid, home to 500,000 residents and 83,000 internally displaced people.
U.N. Human Rights Council members condemned the abuses and launched an inquiry into the crimes.

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The United Nations (U.N.) fact-finding mission classified the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) campaign in al-Fashir as genocide.
The RSF seized al-Fashir, carried out killings, rapes and starvation, and rejected the accusations as fabricated by its enemies.
U.N. human-rights chief warned a catastrophe could unfold in al-Obeid, home to 500,000 residents and 83,000 internally displaced people.
U.N. Human Rights Council members condemned the abuses and launched an inquiry into the crimes.