A United Nations fact-finding mission reports that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commit acts that amount to genocide. According to the findings released on Wednesday, the RSF’s violence in Darfur includes mass killings of civilians, gang rapes, abductions—particularly of women and girls—and forced starvation. The mission describes these actions as part of a systematic campaign carried out against civilians during the period when RSF besieged and captured the city of el-Fasher. The UN investigators state that the pattern of atrocities reflects an intentional policy, and they characterize the conduct as genocide based on the specific hallmarks assessed in their investigation. One outlet also notes the findings build on earlier UN reporting that previously identified indicators of genocide. The reports draw on the UN mission’s methodology and conclusions regarding the nature, scale, and intent of the RSF attacks. The three accounts agree on the core findings: mass killings and sexual violence, abductions, starvation, and the conclusion that these acts meet the threshold for genocide in the affected areas.