February 13, 2025 (EL FASHER) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the joint force (JF) traded accusations on Thursday regarding military presence inside the Zamzam camp for displaced people in North Darfur state. The RSF carried out a violent attack on the camp, located in the southwestern part of El Fasher city, over the past two days, committing widespread violations against civilians, including killing, looting, and forcing displaced people to flee. The attack on the camp came days after intense RSF attacks on several villages in the western countryside of North Darfur’s capital, expelling residents after burning their homes and looting their property. In a statement issued by its spokesman, Ahmed Hussein Mustafa, the joint force said that “the Janjaweed militia is trying to spread lies that the Zamzam camp is a military base to justify the attack and bombing.” He explained that the RSF and its allies premeditated the attack on the camp by broadcasting videos indicating their attack on the camp to strike the military headquarters of the joint force. “We have previously clarified that there is no military presence of the joint force in the Zamzam camp for displaced people and that what is being …

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