February 12, 2025 (NA’IMA) – Dozens of civilians have been killed in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on villages in Sudan’s White Nile state, south of the capital Khartoum, the Al Jazirah Human Rights Observatory said on Wednesday. The RSF, which has been retreating from Gezira state following a large-scale military offensive by the Sudanese army, has begun raiding villages in northern White Nile state that are devoid of military presence, the rights group said. “Residents of the Na’ima administrative unit and dozens of villages in northern White Nile state were subjected to waves of barbaric raids by the RSF,” the observatory said in a statement received by Sudan Tribune. It said the RSF attacked the villages of Na’ima, al-Jamalab, Wad Shal’ai, Wad al-Haj, al-Hubayka, Hallat al-Tahir, al-Daradir, Abu ‘Ajaj, Shabunat, Kambu Muhammad, al-Haj Musa, al-Damu and others. The attack, which was carried out using military vehicles, resulted in dozens of deaths, looting of money and property, as well as forced displacement, humiliation of residents, enforced disappearances and hostage-taking, with the release of hostages being conditional on financial ransom, the statement said. The Al Jazirah Observatory revealed that 30 citizens were killed in the al-Jamalab and Na’ima …

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