UN warns Sudan rebels’ assault on el-Fasher shows ‘hallmarks of genocide’

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies (Marwan Ali/AP)

A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese paramilitary forces against non-Arab communities shows “hallmarks of genocide,” UN-backed human rights experts have reported.

The independent fact-finding mission on Sudan says the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — which are at war with the Sudanese military — carried out mass killings and other atrocities in the city of el-Fasher after an 18-month siege.