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What happened in El-Geneina?
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- Andrew Peterson
- @andrew_nyu
Introduction
According to the U.N., some 10,000 to 15,000 primarily Massalit people were killed by RSF paramilitaries in western Darfur in what is being called a genocide.
Here is a brief review of some sources, with a more comprehensive review on the way. It is important, first of all because it is important not to forget what happened, and also because some fear that if the RSF take control over control of El Fashir, additional massacres might take place.
Sources list
"The Massalit Will Not Come Home"
Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan HRW May 9, 2024
218-page report
"This report provides an account of how the Rapid Support Forces and allied forces committed numerous serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law as part of their campaign against the Massalit people of El Geneina. It is based on over 220 interviews, verification and assessment of 110 photographs and videos, and analysis of satellite imagery and documents shared by humanitarian organizations. Between April and November 2023, researchers interviewed recently displaced residents of El Geneina in person during six trips to Chad, Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan, and also conducted supplementary telephone interviews."
- "As a result of these atrocities, over 570,000 predominantly Massalit people, as well as members of other non-Arab groups, are now in refugee camps in Chad"
An overview of the report is here: "Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur: Thousands Killed, Half Million Remain Displaced" HRW May 9, 2024
Reuters: Special Report - The Slaughter of El Geneina
September 22, 2023
Shot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history
Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Tue August 29, 2023
Sudan’s war leaves deep scars in Geneina, a city of two massacres
The Guardian. February 29, 2024 People in West Darfur’s capital still step over residue from the bodies of some of the 10,000 dead, and thousands have fled
Reuters: Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead, UN report says
By Michelle Nichols and Maggie Michael January 20, 20243:08 PM GMT+1
Au Soudan, la ville d’Al-Geneina théâtre de massacres à grande échelle : « Ce qui s’est passé est un génocide »
Le Monde. January 26, 2024. Eliott Brachet