The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have accused what they describe as the “terrorist Islamic Movement army” of carrying out deadly drone strikes on civilian neighbourhoods in the North Darfur towns of Kutum and Kabkabiya.
In a statement on Sunday, the RSF said foreign-made drones targeted residential areas with no military presence, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. The group said the attacks form part of a “systematic policy” to terrorise civilians and add to what it called the “bloody record” of the Muslim Brotherhood and its allied militias.
The RSF condemned what it called the international community’s “silence” over repeated attacks on civilian areas, urging human rights organisations and judicial bodies to act swiftly to hold the leaders of the Islamist movement criminally responsible for the latest strikes.
Despite the escalation, the RSF insisted it remains committed to the self-declared humanitarian truce, but said it reserves the right to respond in self-defence.
“Our forces remain committed to the humanitarian truce, while retaining their full right to defend our people until the killing machine is stopped and a homeland built on justice and equality,” the statement said, ending with a tribute to what it called the group’s “righteous martyrs.”
