The New Year… Military Operations Update

With the arrival of the new year 2025, the military, joint forces, and allied forces continued their attack on several fronts against the Rapid Support Forces militia. Battles erupted in central Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Bahri, northern Darfur, and the Gezira region. The forces made significant progress in targeted operations aimed at liberating the country from remnants of militia pockets, gangs, and mercenaries.

On Wednesday, sources confirmed that the military launched an attack on Rapid Support Forces militia positions near the Shambat Bridge using riverboats. The sources reported that the attack was part of an attempt to enter the city of Bahri from the direction of Omdurman, in an effort to encircle the rebel forces in the former Paratrooper base near the bridge.

The joint forces issued a statement on Wednesday, stating that, in line with their humanitarian commitment and respect for the values of solidarity even during wartime, over the past three days, the joint forces had buried more than 462 bodies of Janjaweed militia members left behind by the recent battles in northern Milit and the Malha area.

As mentioned in a previous statement, the Janjaweed militia, which attempted to infiltrate Malha through various fronts, suffered heavy casualties, with hundreds of militia soldiers killed, including three full mobile units. Six of the militia’s prominent field commanders were killed, and their remnants, led by Ali Rizq Allah Al-Safna, fled, leaving behind hundreds of bodies, causing a significant environmental disaster in the region.

The statement further clarified that, out of humanitarian concern and respect for the deceased, the joint forces took responsibility for properly burying these bodies in accordance with human dignity. This action was in line with the national and ethical values and in an effort to protect local residents from the environmental disaster that began to show its effects just one day after the battle.

The joint forces continued in their statement, reaffirming their ongoing commitment to international humanitarian laws, respecting human dignity both in life and in death. They urged the militia soldiers who still respect their humanity to seriously reconsider their fate. They emphasized that these soldiers serve a force that does not even respect the dignity of its dead, which leaves them facing the harsh reality of their inevitable fate. The joint forces called on them to respond to the general amnesty issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces and surrender to the nearest military unit or the joint forces to preserve their lives and protect their human dignity in both life and death.

The joint forces also pledged to the people that they would continue to defend Sudan, protect its territory, and uphold human dignity under any circumstances.

Dozens of displaced victims, including dead and injured, were reported on Wednesday night in the Abu Jarbun camp, due to intense artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces. The Sudan Doctors Network reported that 10 people were killed and 18 others injured, including women and children, as a result of the shelling of the Abu Jarbun displaced persons camp in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.

The Sudan Doctors Network condemned the continued targeting of civilian gathering sites by the Rapid Support Forces, calling it a war crime, especially after repeated warnings from international and regional organizations, which had begun withdrawing their staff from the camps out of fear of further shelling.

This targeting is considered a war crime and a crime against humanity under international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and their Additional Protocols. The continued targeting of civilian areas by the militia is considered a systematic and deliberate attack that requires serious attention. The network called on everyone, particularly international human rights institutions and organizations concerned with individual and group freedoms, to take decisive actions to prevent and end this systematic targeting by the Janjaweed militia and to protect these victims.