Sudan’s Darfur at risk of new genocide

Fears of genocidal violence gripping Darfur once again are rising
after the famine-stricken town of al-Fashir is overrun by the rebel
paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, with hundreds feared dead

Rapid Support Forces
(RSF) backed by UAE. Leader
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo,
known as Hemedti (right),
declares investigation into
“violations” committed by his
soldiers. Sudanese Armed
Forces (SAF), led by
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
(left), is backed by Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye


Areas of control
(Oct 2025)

SAF
Pro-SAF rebels 
RSF 
Pro-RSF rebels
Other
groups


200km
125 miles

Al Fashir: 18-month
siege of city

EGYPT

River
Nile

LIBYA
Mostly uninhabited
Karb al Toum

Red
Sea

Port
Sudan

CHAD
Al Atrun

DARFUR
REGION

SUDAN
Khartoum
Kassala
ERITREA

Wad
Madani

El Obeid
Ad Damazin
ETHIOPIA
Nyala
Babanusa

El Geneina: 2023
massacre unpunished

SOUTH SUDAN


Over two years of war has triggered the world’s largest humanitarian
crisis, with 12 million displaced and more than 25 million in need of aid


Sources: Reuters, BBC, ISW 
Pictures: Getty Images
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