Sudan’s Attorney General, Intisar Ahmed, announced on Saturday that criminal cases have been filed against approximately 122 foreign mercenaries fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. She also revealed that 135 children who had taken part in the fighting were handed over to their families through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Speaking during a meeting with a Turkish media delegation, the Attorney General — who also heads the National Committee for the Investigation of Crimes and Violations of National and International Humanitarian Law — said the committee has so far registered around 188,405 criminal cases. Some of these have been referred to competent courts, with verdicts already issued in a number of cases.
She explained that among the defendants are “around 122 mercenaries holding foreign nationalities, some of whom have already been sentenced to death.”
Ahmed reviewed the role of the National Committee in pursuing perpetrators of crimes, outlining its mechanisms of work, which she said are characterized by neutrality and independence. She confirmed that the committee has obtained material evidence proving the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in supporting the rebel forces, in addition to the involvement of other countries that allowed the passage of weapons and military equipment across their shared borders with Sudan.
She focused in particular on systematic sexual violence crimes committed by the RSF, especially against underage girls, noting that some rape cases occurred in front of victims’ families, leaving behind a devastating reality. She also addressed the issue of child recruitment, explaining that the government handed over 135 children captured during military operations to their families via the Red Cross.
The Attorney General detailed the horrific crimes committed against the Masalit tribe in the city of El Geneina, as well as violations in El Fasher, including attacks on hospitals and the killing of patients and their companions. She also referred to assaults in the cities of Kadugli and Dilling, which claimed the lives of approximately 114 people, most of them women and children, including the targeting of a building housing a kindergarten during a graduation ceremony.
She further pointed to damage to infrastructure and civilian institutions, as well as widespread looting, including the theft of Sudanese museums.
