International Moves to Hold RSF Accountable Amid Calls for Immediate Ceasefire

 

The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Jordan jointly called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan’s ongoing war, describing the situation as “catastrophic” and “almost apocalyptic.”

 

The appeal came after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of El-Fashir, as London announced new efforts to hold those responsible for the suffering of civilians in Sudan accountable.

 

 

United Nations officials warned that RSF elements committed horrific acts of violence in El-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur State. According to reports cited by the Associated Press, RSF fighters killed hundreds of people inside a hospital and carried out sexual assaults.

 

 

While the RSF denied responsibility for killings inside the hospital, accounts from survivors, along with satellite images and widely circulated social media footage, reveal what appears to be large-scale violations committed in the city.

 

 

Speaking at the Manama Dialogue security forum in Bahrain on Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said her country is leading intensive diplomatic efforts to ensure accountability for those responsible for the suffering of Sudanese civilians. She announced an additional £5 million in aid for Sudan, bringing the UK’s total assistance this year to SDG 120 million.

 

 

‘International Failure’

 

 

Cooper criticized what she described as the international community’s failure to address the humanitarian crisis and the devastating conflict in Sudan, stressing that neglecting the situation for so long has worsened human suffering.

 

 

She described reports coming from Darfur as “horrific,” citing “mass executions, starvation, and the horrific use of rape as a weapon of war,” and emphasized that women and children bear the heaviest burden of what she called “the largest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.”

 

 

“This appalling conflict has been ignored for far too long while the suffering has continued to escalate,” she added, stressing that “no amount of aid will solve a crisis of this magnitude unless the guns fall silent.”

 

 

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul expressed deep concern and directly condemned the RSF for the violence in El-Fashir, saying, “The situation in Sudan is beyond tragic—it is almost apocalyptic.”

 

 

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Sudan “has not received the attention it deserves, despite an indescribable humanitarian catastrophe unfolding there,” adding, “We must bring this to an end immediately.”