2023-07-13 13:57:45
After the civil war in Khartoum, Sudan, when Sudan’s two military factions, the Army, under the leadership of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces with the Rapid Support Force (RSF) under the leadership of Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has been fighting for power in the army since April. Thousands of people died while many villagers had to leave their homes due to unrest in the country.
The BBC reports that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Turk has suggested that the Sudanese authorities order an investigation. In the case of the discovery of the bodies of 87 Sudanese people, including the Masalit tribe Masalit died in an RSF attack and was buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of El-Geneina in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
Turk said Sudanese officials found 37 bodies buried in a mass grave in the Darfur region on June 20. Another 50 were found buried in the same mass grave the next day, 21. June added that the dead included several women and children, but RSF forces and allied armed groups denied they had recently fought the army in the Darfur region.
The RSF previously denied the charges from human rights organizations. Human Rights Watch said RSF had killed 28 members of the Masalit tribe and wounded several more villagers. before destroying the city of Misterei in May RSF advisor Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim told the BBC: There was a battle between the Arab tribes and the Masalit tribes. which had conflicted before and erupted once more The Masalits were under Sultanate rule in West Darfur before being annexed to Sudan more than 100 years ago.
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