UN mission reports ‘genocide’ in African state

Fighters of the Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings and violence against non-Arab communities in Al Fashir, according to a new report

Actions by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the siege and capture of North Darfur’s capital, Al Fashir, show “hallmarks of genocide,” an independent UN fact-finding mission said in a report released on Thursday.

The mission reported evidence of coordinated ethnic targeting...