(14 November 2023) – The United Nations Under- Secretary- General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, remains highly alarmed at the renewed escalation of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and affiliated militias in Darfur over the past two weeks, particularly in Nyala, Geneina and Zalingei. The Special Adviser is extremely concerned at the serious allegations of mass killings in an area housing a camp for displaced families in Ardamata, Geneina, where more than 800 people were reportedly killed and 8,000 others fled to neighbouring Chad. The number of displaced could be much higher due to reports of RSF blocking displaced civilians from crossing into that country. Special Adviser Wairimu Nderitu is also alarmed at the reports of mass graves believed to contain the remains of members of the ethnic Masalit tribe in the area.
