War crimes probably being committed in Darfur, ICC finds

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War crimes probably being committed in Darfur, ICC finds

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There are “reasonable reasons” to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity are committed in western Sudan, the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.

The targeted sexual violence against women and daughters of specific ethnicities has been named one of the most worrying conclusions to emerge from the ICC investigation on crimes committed in Darfur.

The war broke out between the Sudanese army and the rapid support forces (RSF) in April 2023, leading to what the UN calls “devastating civilian victims”.

The deputy prosecutor of the ICC, Nazhat Shameem Khan, said that it was “difficult to find appropriate words to describe the depth of suffering” in the region.

The United Nations Security Council gave the ICC the mandate to investigate and pursue crimes in the Darfur two decades ago, the body opening several investigations on war crimes and the genocide committed in the region from July 2002.

The ICC launched a new investigation in 2023 after the civil war broke out across the country, interviewing the victims who had fled the most recent conflict in neighboring Chad.

Ms. Khan described an “inevitable offense model” and stressed that the team tried to translate such crimes into proof of the court.

The allegations of war crimes have persisted in the past two years and, in January 2025, the United States determined that the RSF and the Allied militias had committed a genocide.

The RSF denied the assertions and said it was not involved in what it describes as a “tribal conflict” in Darfur.

UN reports indicate that the conditions in Darfur have continued to worsen, hospitals and humanitarian convoys suffering from targeted attacks, and food and water have deliberately hidden.

Civilians in the city of El-Fasher were cut off from aid due to a seat of RSF forces, and an epidemic of cholera through conflict areas is a serious threat to already rare water supplies.

An increasing famine seized the region, with the United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) reporting that more than 40,000 children have been admitted for treatment due to severe acute malnutrition between January and May 2025 – more than double the number admitted during the same period from last year.

“The children of the Darfur are hungry by conflicts and cut off from the very help that could save them,” said Sheldon Yett de l’Inicef.

Over the past two years, more than 150,000 people have died in the conflict and about 12 million have fled their house, but Ms. Khan warned that “we should not be under any illusion – things can get worse”.