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By Darius Spearman (africanelements)
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RSF’s Ruthless Campaigns in Darfur
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) evolved from Janjaweed death squads that terrorized Darfur in the early 2000s. Today they wield advanced weaponry and formal state backing to execute scorched-earth policies. Mass graves dot the landscape from El Geneina to Nyala containing victims executed for their ethnic identity (Global Centre for R2P).
Satellite imagery reveals systematic village burnings while survivors describe rape-as-weapon strategies. The RSF blocks food shipments to displaced camps creating man-made famine conditions. This calculated cruelty aims to erase African tribal presence from resource-rich areas through terror and starvation (CFR Conflict Tracker).
Ethnic Targeting and Global Inaction
The Masalit people endure genocidal violence for resisting Arab supremacy narratives. RSF roadblocks become death sentences as militias check IDs and execute Black Sudanese on sight. Humanitarian corridors remain blocked while UN Security Council resolutions get vetoed by Russia and China (Human Rights Watch 2025).
International apathy enables these atrocities. Though the ICC opened investigations in 2024 no arrest warrants have followed. Meanwhile UAE and Wagner Group supply drones and weapons to RSF commanders trading blood for gold mines (CFR Conflict Tracker).
Ethnic Killings Breakdown (2024)
Suffering in Numbers: Crisis Quantified
Sudan’s collapse defies comprehension. 25 million face starvation while 90% hospitals ceased operations. RSF looted $450 million from Khartoum banks funding their war machine through resource theft. Every statistic reveals layered cruelty designed to break communal resistance (UN Report 2025).
Survivors recount systematic dehumanization. Soldiers force families to watch sexual violence against loved ones before executions. These acts aren’t random but calculated to exterminate cultural memory and claim contested lands (Rapid Support Forces Wikipedia).
Aid Blockades Severity (2024)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Darius Spearman is a professor of Black Studies at San Diego City College where he has taught since 2007. He authored Between The Color Lines: A History of African Americans on the California Frontier Through 1890. Visit him online at africanelements.org.