Doctors say 74 dead in RSF massacre as violence spreads in Sudan's West Kordofan region
The doctors accused the RSF of violating basic human rights and condemned their continued looting and destruction of homes.
A brutal attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Al-Zafa village, West Kordofan, has left at least 74 people dead and 178 wounded, a doctors’ group has said, raising alarm over deepening violence in the region.
The Sudan Doctors Network described Thursday’s incident as a “heinous massacre,” stating the RSF “overran the village, liquidating 74 people, including 12 children and nine women, while 178 others were injured.”
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The group blamed the paramilitary for deliberately targeting unarmed civilians.
The doctors accused the RSF of violating basic human rights and condemned their continued looting and destruction of homes.
“The most basic human rights that criminalise the killing of unarmed civilians, looting their property, and burning their homes,” were disregarded, the group stated.
According to the Network, the RSF's actions in West Kordofan and Darfur continue unchecked due to a lack of international response.
It urged the United Nations and other bodies to “increase pressure on the RSF to halt the violations.”
El-Obeid seige
This attack comes shortly after the Sudanese army ended a siege in El-Obeid, aiming to launch fresh operations from there against RSF positions across West Kordofan and Darfur.
Despite army control in areas like Babanusa and Al-Nahud, much of West Kordofan remains under RSF authority, including the capital Al-Fulah.
The killings in Al-Zafa have further exposed the scale of the crisis in Sudan’s troubled regions.
In a bid to calm the escalating conflict in Sudan, United Nations envoy Ramtane Lamamra held talks on Wednesday with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, in the coastal city of Port Sudan.
The meeting formed part of Lamamra’s wider initiative to support peace negotiations and encourage dialogue among the country’s warring factions.
Lamamra, serving as the Personal Representative of Secretary-General António Guterres, delivered a special message to General Abdel Fattah outlining the United Nations’ position and its continued commitment to supporting Sudan.
The Transitional Sovereign Council later issued a statement confirming the meeting and the message’s contents.
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