February 12, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s foreign ministry on Wednesday accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of escalating a campaign of genocide against civilians in Darfur, backed by regional allies, and decried the international community’s silence. The ministry said in a statement that the RSF had launched a brutal assault on the Zamzam camp for displaced people near El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, over the past two days, following months of indiscriminate artillery shelling of the camp that began in December 2024. The attacks have resulted in a large number of deaths among the displaced, the statement said. “Amidst a disturbing international silence, the RSF, supported by its regional backers, has escalated its campaign of genocide against the majority of Darfur’s citizens,” the ministry said, in an apparent reference to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry asserted that the RSF deliberately targeted specific tribal groups within the camp and prevented those trying to flee the violence from leaving, echoing the tactics used in attacks on Geneina and Ardamata in West Darfur in June 2023. The RSF also burned markets and food and water storage facilities and forced the closure of primary healthcare centres in the camp, the …

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