Amnesty Calls for Investigating RSF Militia’s Brutal Attack on Zamzam Camp
Sudanhorizon – Agencies
Amnesty International (AI)called on Wednesday for an investigation into what it described as a brutal attack carried out by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) elements on the Zamzam camp in North Darfur State, western Sudan.
In a report published Wednesday, the organization stated that the RSF “deliberately killed civilians, took hostages, and looted and destroyed mosques, schools, and health clinics during a large-scale attack launched in April on the Zamzam camp, the largest camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur State.”
The organization said it conducted the research for the report between June and August 2025, including interviews with 29 people, among them eyewitnesses, survivors, relatives of victims, journalists, analysts, and medical experts who participated in treating the wounded.
It also verified dozens of videos, photographs, and satellite images. The organization noted that the RSF did not respond to its request for comment. The organization’s report, titled “A Destroyed Haven: Rapid Support Forces Abuses in Zamzam IDP Camp,” details the attack that took place between April 11 and 13, 2025.
It states that the Rapid Support Forces used explosive weapons and fired indiscriminately in densely populated residential areas, noting that the violent attacks caused approximately 400,000 people to flee the camp between April 13 and 14 alone.
The report also states that the attack was part of a military campaign launched by the Rapid Support Forces in May 2024 to seize control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, during which they executed dozens of unarmed men and committed sexual violence against women and girls as they entered the city.
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard said that the horrific and deliberate attack by the Rapid Support Forces on desperate and starving civilians in Zamzam camp revealed a dangerous disregard for human life. She explained that civilians were subjected to brutal attacks, killings, and the looting of essential property, leaving them without access to justice as they mourned their dead.
She added, “This attack was not an isolated incident, but part of an ongoing campaign against villages and camps for internally displaced persons.”
She went on to say that “some international partners, including the UAE, have contributed to fueling the conflict by supplying the Rapid Support Forces with weapons,” calling for an end to the flow of arms to the warring parties by extending the arms embargo on Darfur to cover the entire country.
Callamard urged the African Union, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, and China to demand that all countries—especially the UAE—refrain from transferring weapons and ammunition to the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and other armed groups.
She emphasized that, given the high risk of weapons diverted to the Rapid Support Forces, countries must immediately halt all arms transfers to the UAE.
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