A United Nations report released on Thursday has accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing at least 1,000 civilians during a three-day assault on the Zamzam refugee camp in the Darfur region last April.
The findings add to a growing list of serious human rights abuse allegations against the RSF. According to the UN Human Rights Office, the attack took place in April 2025 at the Zamzam camp in western Sudan and resulted in the deaths of no fewer than 1,000 civilians.
The report said the assault was part of the RSF’s broader siege on el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, as fighting intensified in the area.
Investigators documented widespread abuses during the attack, including summary executions of hundreds of civilians. Acts of sexual violence, including rape, were also reported among the violations committed during the assault.
Before the April violence, Zamzam was Sudan’s largest displacement camp, sheltering more than 500,000 people who had fled earlier conflicts. The UN report noted that for several months leading up to the attack, the RSF had blocked the delivery of food, medical supplies, and other essential goods into the camp, worsening already dire living conditions.
The report paints a grim picture of the humanitarian situation in Darfur, where civilians continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing conflict. UN officials warned that continued attacks on displacement camps could further deepen Sudan’s humanitarian crisis and called for accountability for those responsible.
