Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Thursday dismissed a widely shared clip that appears to show a woman bound and suspended from a tree while a man in RSF-style uniform looks on, calling the footage a staged fabrication by Islamist-linked media.
In a statement dated Sept. 10, the RSF denied any connection to the video and said it was part of a “cheap disinformation theatre” run by loyalists of the former regime and the Islamist movement. The group said the allegations were intended to smear its fighters and vowed to press its campaign against what it called a “criminal clique.”
RSF and analysts say Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s SAF, with Muslim Brotherhood-linked media, is running a smear drive to shift blame for atrocities onto the RSF.
The authenticity, location and date of the footage could not be independently verified. There was no immediate response from the SAF or the Islamist movement to the RSF’s claims.
The RSF and SAF have been locked in a war since April 2023, with both sides trading accusations over abuses as the conflict grinds on.
