RSF Kill 27 Civilians in West Kordofan Village Attack — Medical Group —
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KHARTOUM, SUDAN — May 29, 2026
RSF Forces Kill 27 Civilians in West Kordofan Village Attack, Medical Group Says
Al-Nahud city in West Kordofan state, the Sudan Doctors Network said Thursday, describing the assault as “a massacre” and “a bloody crime reminiscent of the most horrific violations against humanity.”
The independent medical group said RSF fighters targeted unarmed civilians in their homes, including women, children, and elderly residents, during the assault on the village. The Sudan Doctors Network classified the attack as “both a war crime and a crime against humanity,” holding RSF leadership fully responsible for the bloodshed.
“This massacre is a dangerous continuation of systematic violations committed by the RSF across multiple states,” the group said in its statement, warning of what it called “local and international silence and a deliberate disregard for the suffering of the Sudanese people.” The network called on the international community to designate the RSF as a terrorist organization and to open humanitarian corridors to aid those forcibly displaced.
There was no immediate comment from the RSF. The paramilitary force has repeatedly denied similar accusations in the past, though UN and rights monitors have documented a pattern of attacks on civilian populations across areas under RSF control.
The attack in West Kordofan comes amid a surge of violence across multiple regions of Sudan. A drone strike on a bustling market in central Sudan last week killed 28 people and wounded dozens more. In South Kordofan, clashes between forces linked to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North and the Otoro tribe killed more than 61 people, including nine children, in the first week of May. Meanwhile, coordinated attacks on villages in the al-Murrah area west of Barah town in North Kordofan during the second day of Eid al-Adha killed at least 27 people, including elderly residents, according to the same medical network.
The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF, which erupted in April 2023 after decades of festering tensions, has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced approximately 14 million others, according to UN figures. Research from US universities puts the death toll considerably higher, at around 130,000. Both warring factions have been accused by the United Nations and international rights groups of committing atrocities including ethnic cleansing, extrajudicial killings, and widespread sexual violence.
The Sudan Doctors Network called for urgent international intervention to halt violations against civilians in areas under RSF control, describing the Al-Nahud attack as emblematic of a broader pattern of systematic violence that the group said had so far gone unpunished.
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