RSF Responds with Urgent Civilian Safeguards Following Zamzam Camp Liberation
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The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have deployed military units to secure civilians and humanitarian medical personnel in Zamzam Camp, in North Darfur State, following the successful liberation of the camp from the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their allies from the Islamic Terrorist Movement and affiliated armed mercenary movements that used the camp as a military barracks, and innocent civilians as human shields.
The RSF categorically rejects the false allegations that its members targeted civilians within Zamzam Camp and calls for accuracy and reliability in the reporting and assessment of events.
We point out that the so-called ‘Joint Force’ and elements of affiliated mercenary movements have continued to use Zamzam Camp as a military base, deliberately exploiting innocent civilians as human shields, in a clear and blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
The RSF leadership affirms that certain parties have been actively spreading falsehoods and slander as part of a coordinated media campaign orchestrated by the co-opted army by Islamic Movement which aims at distorting the image of the RSF and undermine its reputation before the Sudanese public, as well as regional and international communities.
We recall that the Founding Alliance Forces conducted organized, voluntary evacuations of a large number of families from the city of El Fasher and the surrounding camps to safer and more stable areas and ensure the protection of civilians, where the Alliance provides essential shelter and security in coordination with humanitarian organizations.
The RSF welcomes all relief organizations and agencies that have expressed their willingness to respond immediately to the dire humanitarian needs of those fleeing the conflict.
We reiterate our full commitment to international humanitarian law and our forces’ firm dedication to protecting civilians and avoiding any actions that could impact civil infrastructure, including health centers.
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