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ICC Links RSF Leaders to Darfur War Crimes Breakthrough

7/10/2026

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ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan announced a breakthrough linking Rapid Support Forces leadership to Darfur war crimes.
Khan said the evidence includes witness testimonies, videos, photographs and forensic material collected in eastern Chad refugee camps.
The United Nations reports systematic RSF attacks, including executions and sexual violence, that may amount to genocide.
Sudan’s army-led government cooperates with the probe but has not surrendered former officials accused of earlier genocide.

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ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan announced a breakthrough linking Rapid Support Forces leadership to Darfur war crimes.
Khan said the evidence includes witness testimonies, videos, photographs and forensic material collected in eastern Chad refugee camps.
The United Nations reports systematic RSF attacks, including executions and sexual violence, that may amount to genocide.
Sudan’s army-led government cooperates with the probe but has not surrendered former officials accused of earlier genocide.