A coalition of five prominent United Nations member countries issued a strong condemnation Thursday, declaring that attacks carried out by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces paramilitary organization in al-Fashir display characteristics consistent with genocide.
Foreign ministers representing the Sudan core group within the UN Human Rights Council determined that the RSF’s violent actions amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, while also exhibiting genocide indicators, according to their official statement distributed through Germany’s foreign ministry.
The participating nations—Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom—announced their intention to establish a collaborative alliance aimed at stopping additional mass violence throughout Sudan.
