Sudan: ‘Six Days of Terror’ in West Darfur – Ethnically-Based Attacks On the Rise

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass attack in the Darfur region of Sudan, amidst the ongoing conflict between the national army and a rival military known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Hundreds of ethnic Masalit civilians were reportedly killed earlier this month in Ardamata town, West Darfur, by the RSF and their allied Arab militia.

The RSF has its roots in the Janjaweed militias which fought on the Government side against a…