Sudanese media, citing the Al-Jazeera Conference, which monitors violations, reported that “the Rapid Support Forces continued their campaign of targeting civilians in Al-Jazeera State, leading to the killing of at least 31 people.”

The Al-Jazeera Conference (a civil entity that monitors violations) said on Saturday, “The Rapid Support Forces continued their campaign of targeting civilians in large parts of Al-Jazeera State, which led to the killing of at least 31 people and the kidnapping of dozens.”

The entity indicated that “the security and humanitarian conditions deteriorated significantly in the state during last October, after the commander of the Rapid Support Forces in the state, Abu Aqla Kikal, announced his defection and joining the army.

The “Sudan Tribune” newspaper, quoting a statement issued by the Al-Jazira Conference, explained that “a Rapid Support force attacked, over a period of three days, the village of Amara Al-Banna in eastern Madani, which houses large numbers of displaced people from the villages in the east of Al-Jazira, where eight of the displaced were killed.” And three of the village’s citizens.”

The statement indicated that “the force looted citizens’ property and spread terror among them, which led to a large displacement of residents from the village.”

In a second statement, the conference reported, based on eyewitnesses from the village of Wad Al-Sayed in the eastern Al-Jazeera locality, that “the Rapid Support killed 19 citizens, and an elderly woman died while fleeing on foot.”

The statement spoke of “the town’s residents fleeing towards the cities of New Halfa in Kassala State, eastern Sudan, and Shendi, in River Nile State.”

The Al-Jazeera Conference stated that “On Thursday, the Rapid Support Forces kidnapped 11 citizens from the city of Abu Ashar in Al-Hasahisa locality, north of Al-Jazeera State, and the forces released two of them, while nine others are still detained, and the Rapid Support Forces demanded a financial ransom to release them.” Their release ranged between 3 and 10 million Sudanese pounds.”

The Al-Jazeera Conference says, “The systematic killings and forced displacement against defenseless civilians in the Al-Jazeera State take a tribal and ethnic character, which can be described as crimes of ethnic cleansing and genocide against the citizens of the state.”

Source: Sudan Tribune newspaper