The UN Office for Human Rights published a scathing report and statement on 18 December, 2025, regarding atrocious occurrences of violence, among others, where at least 1,013 civilian deaths had resulted as a result of a three-day attack by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the IDP camp, known as Zamzam Camp, in April 2025.
The report, which was informed by interviews with 155 survivors and witnesses in eastern Chad, has said the attack on the camp in North Darfur by RSF soldiers from the 11th to the 13th of April was a terror campaign that led to the forced displacement of over 400,000 people. Among those killed were 319 civilians, including women, men, and children who were promptly executed by RSF soldiers and Arab militias in a bid to eliminate Zaghawas linked to the opposing side.
“Again, the findings in this report serve as a grim reminder that the international community needs to move quickly to end the cycles of atrocities and violence and to provide accountability and reparations for victims,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in the statement. “We can never allow ourselves to sit by while cruelty becomes institutionalized in the world.”
The document records the intentional attacks on civilians and protected areas. Executions happened at homes, the main market, schools, health centers, and mosques. One of the survivors among the community members narrated the incident where RSF combatants fired guns through the window at the room he was hiding with ten others, leading to the death of eight.
One of the important findings is the use of sexual violence “as a means to instill terror among the community.”
The UN confirmed 66 cases of conflict-related sexual violence, including gang rape, which impacted 104 victims (75 women, 26 girls, and 3 boys). Women were abducted and raped after being held for several days.
In the period leading up to the attack, the RSF had imposed a killing siege blockade of all food, water, and fuel.
The report states that 26 individuals were executed along a supply road as a warning, forcing families to survive on animal feed like peanut shells. During the offensive, the RSF also attacked the camp’s last functioning health centre, killing nine medical staff and an ambulance driver.
High Commissioner Türk called for an impartial investigation, stating that the deliberate killing of civilian in wars “may constitute the crime of murder.”
He urged all States to intensify pressure to end the violence and halt the flow of arms fueling the conflict, noting these “horrific patterns of violations – committed with impunity – are consistent” with other RSF actions in Sudan.
