Inside the secret battle to document RSF abuses in Sudan

Under the skies of Sudan’s Darfur region, a grim daily reality unfolds: entire families disappear, villages are burned to the ground, women are subjected to horrific sexual violence, and properties are looted.The large region of western Sudan is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces since 2023, and have been accused of committing these atrocities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How Volker Turk won new UN rights chief term despite US, Israel oppositionlist 2 of 3Netanyahu meets Trump at the White House: What’s on the agenda, what’s nextlist 3 of 3Sudan’s army claims control of major highway linking Khartoum and el-Obeidend of listOpposition is not welcome in RSF-held territory, but working quietly to document the abuses are secret monitoring teams working with Sudan’s National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), gathering evidence in the hope that it will eventually be used to get justice for civilian victims.Operating under extreme conditions, the monitoring teams carry small mobile phones to document what they can.Documenting a genocideIn an interview with Al Jazeera, Rahmatullah Mohammedin Abakar,...