According to the United Nations, at least 87 people were buried in an undignified mass grave in the West Darfur region of Sudan.
There is credible information that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia is responsible for the violent deaths of people and the creation of the mass grave, UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk said on Thursday in Geneva.
“I strongly condemn the killing of civilians and am also appalled by the callous and disrespectful way in which the dead, their families and communities were treated,” Turk said.
Area residents were forced to dispose of the dead in this way on 20 and 21 June in an open area near the city of Al-Junayna, the capital of West Darfur state, instead of giving them a proper burial in one of the granted cemeteries.
masalit ethnic minority
According to a statement from the UN Human Rights Office, the victims belonged to the Masalit ethnic minority at the. The office relied on reports from relatives of the victims.
For months, a long power struggle between the president and vice president raged violently in Sudan. The army is fighting the RSF militia of former Vice President Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. In 2019, President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Dagalo together ended the long-term rule of dictator Omar al-Bashir.
O promised transition to democracy however, they both hesitated.
In addition to the capital Khartoum, the Darfur region in the west of the country is particularly important. combat operations affected. O conflicts that have been simmering for decades between ethnic minorities in the region, such as the Masalit and the central government, have risen again as a result of the struggle for power.