Sudan calls on UN to blacklist Rapid Support Forces
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Sudan calls on the UN Security Council to label the Rapid Support Forces as terrorists amid reports of massacres and hospital attacks in El Fasher, Darfur.
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Sudanese who fled El-Fasher in the western Darfur region gather at a camp in Tawila in Sudan's northern Darfur region on October 30, 2025. (AFP)
The Sudanese government has called on the United Nations Security Council to designate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a terrorist organization, amid mounting reports of atrocities and attacks on civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur.
UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Sudan
The UN Security Council is expected to convene an emergency session on Thursday evening to discuss the escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The meeting will also review efforts to establish a comprehensive ceasefire and assess international initiatives aimed at restoring stability.
According to Sudanese press reports, the session was prompted by the intensifying clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as growing evidence of human rights violations committed against civilians.
Khartoum’s appeal to the UN comes amid international condemnation of the RSF’s actions in El Fasher, where reports suggest the paramilitary group carried out massacres and systematic attacks following a prolonged siege.
Foreign ministries and humanitarian organizations have vowed to hold perpetrators accountable, citing repeated violations of international law.
WHO confirms attack on the last hospital in El Fasher
In a related development, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Sudanese officials confirmed that the last functioning hospital in El Fasher was attacked and destroyed, with hundreds feared dead.
Communications have been largely cut off in the city, preventing the verification of casualty numbers. According to local doctors and activists, the RSF stormed the hospital after seizing the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the city on Sunday.
The RSF denied responsibility, calling the reports “misinformation,” and claimed that “all hospitals in El Fasher have been deserted.”
Humanitarian crisis in El Fasher escalates
Violence in El Fasher has intensified over the past weeks, forcing an estimated 28,000 people to flee, according to the World Health Organization. The UN anticipates that another 100,000 civilians will be displaced to the neighboring area of Tawila in the coming days and weeks.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused by the Sudanese Doctors' Union of committing mass atrocities and acts of ethnic cleansing in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after seizing control of the city over the weekend. Humanitarian organizations and local medical sources report that over 177,000 civilians remain trapped amid widespread killings, abuse, and the collapse of basic services.
According to the statement, around 2,000 civilians were killed within hours of the RSF’s entry into the city. Victims were reportedly burned alive, and many of the 177,000 civilians still in El Fasher are feared to have been subjected to similar atrocities.
The statement also detailed a massacre at the Saudi hospital in El Fasher, where RSF forces were said to have executed more than 450 patients and wounded individuals, alongside approximately 1,200 elderly, sick, and injured people in surrounding field medical facilities.
