Horrific violence in Sudan must be condemned

THE South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns, with revolutionary outrage, the barbaric massacres and systematic violence unleashed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against defenceless civilians in El Fasher, Bara, and other regions of Darfur and Kordofan in Sudan.

- MBULELO MANDLANA | Head of Media, Communications and Information

These atrocities - summary executions, arbitrary detentions, looting, property destruction, and forced displacement - are nothing short of war crimes and genocidal acts, as corroborated by United Nations reports, human rights organisations, and credible media.

The SACP stands in unwavering solidarity with the Sudanese people, rejecting any attempt to justify or obscure these crimes against humanity.

The horrors unfolding in Sudan are not isolated but part of a vicious cycle of impunity rooted in the unresolved legacy of the Darfur massacres of the early 2000s.

The failure to bring perpetrators to justice has emboldened the RSF and other reactionary forces, allowing war crimes to resurface whenever state forces retreat, as seen in Bara and El Fasher.