In response to October 2025 reports of mass killings, including persons in hospital beds in El-Fasher, Sudan, by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Association of World Citizens has called for strong United Nations efforts to mediate an end to the civil war in Sudan.
A civil war has gone on since April 2023 in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces led by General Mohamed Hamdan, known by his battle name of Hemedti, and the Sudanese Armed Forces then led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burham. Each of the two generals has created local militias which rob, torture, rape, and create conditions of disorder. Many of these militias use child soldiers in violation of U.N. treaties on the protection of children. The civil war has led to some 150,000 persons killed and 10 million displaced.
The capture of El-Fasher came after more than 500 days of siege. Already on 13 June 2024, the U.N. Security Council called for an end to the siege of El-Fasher, capital of the North Darfur Province of Sudan. The Council requested all parties to enable lifesaving aid to enter El-Fasher, the center of the most vicious fighting in the Province. Unfortunately, the Security Council appeal fell on deaf ears.
The Association of World Citizens does not underestimate the difficulties of mediation to end the Sudan Civil War. There has been armed conflict in Sudan since the eve of independence in the mid-1950s. These conflicts were organized along ethnic and religious lines. The conflicts led to the creation of a new state, South Sudan, where tensions are also strong.
Mediation efforts should be carried out under the responsibility of the United Nations. However, non-governmental organizations can play a role to see on what issues compromises may first be found.
René Wadlow, Association of World Citizens
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