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The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused, on Thursday evening, Rapid Support Forces By committing a new massacre against civilians in the city of Hilaliya In Gezira State120 civilians were killed during the past two days. This comes amid escalating local and international accusations in recent days against the Rapid Support Forces of committing violations and mass murders against civilians in Al-Jazeera State.
The Ministry explained that the victims were killed by bullets, or as a result of food poisoning and lack of medical care for hundreds of civilians, including men, women and children, who were held hostage by the Rapid Support Forces in various locations in the city.
She stated that the systematic escalation of massacres and atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces against civilians aims to call for international military intervention in Sudan under the pretext of protecting civilians, “so that the militia can avoid military defeat and maintain the positions it occupies.”
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry demanded that the Rapid Support Forces be classified as a terrorist group, that its leaders and members be prosecuted as wanted by international justice, and that anyone who helps or supports it or hosts its leaders and spokesmen be considered a sponsor of terrorism and an accomplice in its crimes.
Rapid Support did not issue a comment on the Sudanese Foreign Ministry’s statement.
Earlier Thursday, Sudanese activists announced that the toll of the Rapid Support attack on the city of Hilaliya reached 91 dead, including 12 by live bullets, and the rest as a result of food poisoning that the forces distributed to them.
Clashes have renewed between the Rapid Support Forces and the forces Sudanese army In the state of Al-Jazira on October 20, following the defection of the leader in the ranks of the support forces, Abu Aqla Kikal, a resident of the state, and the announcement of his joining the army forces.
Al-Hilaliya is one of dozens of villages that have been subjected to attacks in Al-Jazira State since Kikel’s defection, which led to retaliatory attacks that caused the displacement of more than 135,000 people.
Images from the Yale Humanitarian Lab report showed a rapid increase in cemeteries in several towns on the island since the latest retaliatory attacks began in late October. It also showed evidence of burning agricultural fields in the village of Azraq.
In December 2023, the Rapid Support, led by Kikel, took control of several cities on the island, including Wad Madani, the center of the state.
Currently, the Rapid Support Forces control large parts of the state, except for the city of Al-Manaqil and its surrounding areas, up to the borders of Sennar State in the south, and west to the borders of White Nile State.
Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have been fighting a war that has left more than 20,000 dead and about 13 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations and local authorities.
UN and international calls are escalating to end the war in order to spare Sudan a humanitarian catastrophe that has begun to push millions into famine and death, as a result of food shortages due to the fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 states.
