UN Fact-Finding Mission Concludes RSF Actions in El Fasher Amount to Genocide

The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan concluded on July 9, 2026 that RSF actions in and around El Fasher — including mass killings, gang rapes, and deliberate starvation targeting the Zaghawa and Fur ethnic groups — amount to genocide. The finding built on Amnesty International's July 1 report documenting the same siege and atrocities. The RSF rejected the findings as 'manufactured.' The same day, the UN Human Rights Council adopted resolution A/HRC/62/L.48 without a vote, condemning escalating RSF violence in and around El Obeid and warning of an 'imminent risk of large-scale atrocities including conflict-related sexual violence,' mandating an urgent Fact-Finding Mission inquiry into the North Kordofan siege.