Stand with Sudan 2025 – Darfur Women Action Group

Stand with Sudan

Darfur Needs You Now More Than Ever, Speak up!

Darfur’s genocide has been ongoing for over 20 years, and the number of civilian casualties increases every day while the world remains SILENT!

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Dear DWAG Supporters:

We are reaching out to you with an urgent appeal! Since November 2023, with the exception of El Fasher in North Darfur, Darfur has fallen entirely under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In El Geneina, West Darfur alone, the RSF has slaughtered over 15,000 people, with countless more casualties across Darfur and Sudan going undocumented. Civilian deaths have escalated to alarming rates, yet the world remains silent. In a recent report, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirmed that a child dies every two hours in Zamzam camp, in North Darfur. Before this crisis, Darfur was home to over 122 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps, where 3 million people had lived for over two decades. They remain unable to return home, their lands stolen, and their attackers still unpunished. The international community’s inaction indirectly legitimizes the slaughter and extermination of Sudan’s indigenous African population in Darfur—this is why we urgently need your help.

Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in violence, sparked by a power struggle between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). This war has torn the country apart, causing unspeakable suffering. The RSF has occupied civilians’ homes, using rape and sexual violence as weapons of war, while the SAF’s shelling and bombardment have destroyed homes, markets, and essential infrastructure. In both Khartoum and Darfur, RSF fighters have committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence, including abductions and sexual slavery. Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war by both sides.

While the atrocities in Khartoum constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Darfur, active genocide is being systematically carried out against indigenous Africans. The international community must act immediately to end the violence and hold those responsible accountable.

Patterns of Ethnically Targeted Attacks and Extermination of Indigenous Africans in Darfur

The RSF’s attacks in Darfur are systematic and explicitly aimed at the indigenous African population. Civilians have been massacred, and deprived of food, water, and medical assistance, with the RSF deliberately cutting off all means of survival. As a result, a large portion of the population has been forced into mass displacement since the start of the conflict. This genocidal strategy has been most apparent in El Geneina, West Darfur, where an estimated 15,000 indigenous Masalit people were brutally murdered by the RSF and its allied militias. Similar atrocities have unfolded in Kutum and Tawila in North Darfur, Mornay in West Darfur, and Nyala in South Darfur, where countless lives have been lost, and residents forced to flee their homes with little hope of returning in the future. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled to neighboring Chad while other survivors have taken refuge in El Fasher, now internally displaced persons (IDPs), and remain under siege and escalated attacks for more than 11 months.

El Fasher is the most dangerous place for civilians today. The city remains under continuous shelling, targeting civilians and healthcare infrastructure, with the RSF recently bombing four local hospitals. Major roads in and out of the city are blocked, preventing fuel, goods and humanitarian aid into the city. Both Zamzam and Abu Shouk camp, home to 800,000 displaced people, have been attacked, and the situation is further worsened by a blockade of humanitarian aid access and lack of water.

The recent formation of a parallel government, led by the RSF, is the most dangerous development in the history of the war; this new genocidal government will usher in the final stage of genocide, exterminating and replacing the indigenous Africans. The recent sanctioned attacks on civilians continue, particularly in displacement camps in Darfur. Life-saving humanitarian aid remains blocked, and the suffering is only deepening with the threat of famine and outbreaks of disease. Now more than ever, we must ensure that swift and decisive action for civilian protection and humanitarian aid is taken by the U.S., UN, and A.U. to stop this genocide and save lives.

The Danger of Darfur Under Full Control By The RSF

Currently, over 98% of Darfur is in a state of chaos, with much of the region beyond the government’s control as the power of government authority dwindles. Darfur, an area the size of France, is now dominated by the RSF, with only two cities partially controlled by the SAF. The RSF has intensified its attacks, seizing homes, blocking civilians’ movement, and tightening its grip on the region. If this continues, it could mark the final stage of the extermination of Darfur’s indigenous people, including survivors of the 2003 genocide.

The RSF and Janjaweed militias are repeating the horrors of the 2003 genocide on a larger and more devastating scale. Once limited to attacks on horseback, the Janjaweed have evolved into the nationally recognized RSF, equipped with advanced weapons and backed by powerful regional and international supporters. The violence and waring military parties have severely limited the ability of international humanitarian agencies, journalists, and UN diplomats to enter Darfur, leaving genocide victims to fend for themselves. The RSF has consolidated its control over Darfur’s five states, establishing itself as one of the most systematic genocidal forces in history. Despite this, world leaders remain silent or offer only minimal condemnation.

We at DWAG Say NO to the silence conspiracy against the ongoing and escalating genocide in Darfur! And ask you to add your voice

The Presence of Multinational Troops in Darfur

The RSF has proven to be a multi-national militia. While the majority of its troops are from Sudan, many more are from West and Central African countries, including Arab militias respectively from the Republic of Mali, Niger, Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. The introduction of cross-border uncontrolled troops alone proves to be a dangerous trend. With the history of terrorist activities from Sudan to Mali in the region, if left unchecked, those temporary militia forces may evolve into ISIS or al-Qaeda army-like regional extremist forces, fueling crises that both international and regional actors will be forced to respond to – but it will be too late to contain them. Such a regional supply of troops from various countries equally makes control or a solution at the national level impossible. Therefore, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is not just a regional issue—it is a global catastrophe

What You Can Do To Help

In the face of genocide and current unspeakable atrocities, solutions must take an atrocity prevention approach that starts with civilian protection and distribution of humanitarian aid. This should be followed by pursuing accountability for the most serious international crimes, which will then create an environment that enables the peaceful transformation of Sudan.

Therefore, we need you to add your voices to ours to call on the U.S. government and the member states of the UNSC to take the following steps:

Immediately deploy UN force to intervene robustly to protect civilians and to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Open an unhindered humanitarian accessibility channel in Sudan and Darfur to reach those in need whether their government permits it or not.
Pursue accountability for those most responsible for past and current genocidal attacks, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur and across the Sudan.
Impose targeted sanctions, such as freezing assets, imposing travel bans, sanctioning all businesses associated with the two warring generals in Sudan, and cutting the funding for weapons.
Hold the regional enablers of the genocide in Darfur accountable, including regional and international actors supplying funds and weaponry to the RSF.
The US must release funding for humanitarian aid and provide support to civil society organizations and women to ensure they have a voice at all levels of the decision-making processes regarding solutions to the current crises.
Increase refugee resettlement from neighboring countries in the US, Canada, and EU member states for refugees who remain at high risk and unable to return to Sudan

Other Ways To Help

Send our “Letter To The Congress” that contains all of our demands and requests to your representatives and call their offices to ask that they be the voice for the people of Sudan and demand U.S. leadership in ending genocide and holding perpetrators accountable. Or our “Letter To The Editor” to the city newspaper.
Donate to DWAG or other organizations providing support to the local-level emergency response initiatives in Sudan.
Support our Stand with Sudan campaign and share it via your social media platform.
Join our Rapid Response Network to receive a bi-weekly newsletter with up-to-date information on the crisis in Darfur and advocacy opportunities.
join our social media and share with 10-100 in your network to amplify our voices

The crisis in Sudan and the catastrophe in Darfur are of global magnitude which requires global response. We must speak with one voice and demand our government and the UN to work for an end. Your voice and support can end this genocide and hold perpetrators accountable.

With our collective effort, we can make a difference!

With Gratitude,
Niemat Ahmadi and the DWAG team