Sudanese Army announces death of 90 suspected RSF members in bombings in North Darfur

Sudanese attorney general accuses paramilitaries of using prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus

Dec. 24 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Sudanese Army has claimed to have killed around 90 alleged members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a series of attacks carried out against the town of Kutum, located east of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, although one organization has indicated that the bombings have killed more than ten civilians.

The Army’s 6th Infantry Division has said that a total of 87 suspected RSF members have been killed in the attacks, carried out on Sunday, before adding that the paramilitaries have also suffered “heavy losses” in the Al Baashimarea area, al this from Kutum.

Likewise, he has accused the RSF of carrying out new attacks against Fasher and the internally displaced persons camps located in its surroundings, without for now there being a balance of victims, according to a statement published on his account on the social network Facebook.

For his part, the spokesperson for the Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees, Adam Rijal, has denounced that at least eleven civilians have died due to the Army’s bombings against Kutum, before adding that “dozens” have been injured, as reported the Sudanese news portal Sudan Tribune.

In this context, the Attorney General of Sudan, Taifur al Faté, has accused the RSF of using prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus, in their attacks, in what he has described as “a clear violation of International Law”, while at the same time has reiterated accusations against the group for using hunger as a weapon of war.

Al Faté has stressed that the RSF has attacked more than 540,000 civilian facilities and has put 250 hospitals out of service, using 15 of them for military purposes. In addition, he has maintained that the paramilitaries have looted 126 banks, damaged five museums and attacked 40 diplomatic missions in Sudan.

The war between the Army and the RSF broke out in April 2023 due to strong discrepancies regarding the integration process of the paramilitary group – now declared a rebel – within the Armed Forces, a situation that caused the derailment of the open transition after the overthrow of Omar Hasan al Bashir’s regime in 2019.