Radio Islam International<\/em> interview with Sudanese journalist Saeed Abdalla, based in Johannesburg, whose reporting and analysis contextualise the deeper realities behind the headlines.<\/p>\nThe United Nations has now issued warnings of ethnically driven atrocities, pointing to mounting evidence of targeted attacks on non-Arab communities in Al-Farshad\u2019s Dariya-Ula district. Between September 19 and 29, repeated RSF drone, artillery and ground incursions reportedly struck neighbourhoods believed to be predominantly inhabited by non-Arab groups. Civilians attempting to bring in food reportedly faced torture or execution.<\/p>\n
Without swift and robust intervention, large-scale ethnic violence in Darfur may no longer be a looming threat \u2014 it could be unfolding quietly. The spectre of renewed genocide, a label used during the earlier Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, haunts the present conflict.<\/p>\n
Further compounding the concern, international human rights experts have declared that the violations in Darfur may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
Abdalla described the shelling on a civilian shelter that killed at least 60 people, many of them women and children, and how hospitals, displacement centres and masjids have all been repeatedly hit.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cEntire families remain trapped under rubble and survivors describe people burned alive inside temporary shelters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tracing the consequences, Abdalla noted that \u201cthe siege has cut off food, fuel and medicine, spreading hunger and diseases among the people in Al-Farshad.\u201d<\/p>\n
He emphasised that there is currently no military solution to the crisis \u2014 only more civilian suffering \u2014 and that pressure from an aligned international front is crucial to enforcing ceasefires, enabling aid access, and charting a political path forward.<\/p>\n
As the conflict in Gaza wavers into a pause, there is a tentative sense in some diplomatic circles that global attention might at last shift toward Sudan. Abdalla expressed guarded optimism: with Gaza relief underway, more eyes could turn to Darfur\u2019s unfolding disaster. But he insists such a shift must be backed by coordinated action.<\/p>\n
He called for a unified posture from the African Union, Gulf states, the UN, and Western powers \u2014 all applying pressure on both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to cease hostilities, permit humanitarian access, and return to political negotiation. Yet, he warned, without that pressure, the crisis will continue unabated.<\/p>\n
This moment presents a peril: an under-resourced, fractured international response could leave Darfur to its fate. And since the conflict\u2019s initial outbreak in April 2023, Sudan\u2019s war has already precipitated one of the largest displacement crises worldwide, with millions uprooted and multiple regions exposed to famine risk.<\/p>\n
The Darfur region holds a painful memory. From 2003 to 2005, the Janjaweed militias \u2014 predecessors of today\u2019s RSF \u2014 carried out a campaign of scorched-earth attacks, ethnic cleansing and mass displacement that led to more than 200 000 deaths and the dislocation of millions.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s war, pitting the RSF against the SAF, has reignited these fears. In North Darfur, attacks on displacement camps such as Zamzam and Abu Shouk \u2014 both once bastions of relative safety \u2014 have left hundreds dead, myriad structures razed and medical services destroyed.<\/p>\n
Recently, the UN documented 89 civilian deaths over a ten-day span in the region, many linked to drone and artillery strikes, and reports of summary executions targeting individuals from minority tribes. In a recent strike on a shelter in El Fasher, at least 60 people, largely women and children, perished.<\/p>\n
Medical NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders warn of \u201cmass atrocities\u201d underway, with deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and systematic targeting of marginalised communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly with the pressure on the warring factors \u2026 and \u2026 humanitarian aid access \u2026 can we reach the people in desperate need,\u201d Abdalla said.<\/p>\n
Time is short. Unless action arrives soon, Darfur\u2019s latest chapter may be its darkest.<\/p>\n
Listen <\/strong>to the Africa Report<\/a> on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"14 October 2025 | 11:00 CAT 4-minute read Darfur on the Brink: Siege of Al-Farshad Ushers in Humanitarian Catastrophe and Risk of Ethnic Atrocities Al-Farshad, the de facto capital of North Darfur, lies under the iron grip of an intensifying siege. For more than a year, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have encircled the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":98464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4996,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Africa-Report-2.jpg?fit=937%2C577&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-qn6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 06:16:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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