(MENAFN) Sudan’s Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 300 women within the first two days of seizing El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to reports.

“The RSF killed 300 women during the first two days of their entry into El-Fasher,” Ishaq said, adding that the victims were also “subjected to sexual assaults, violence, and torture.”

She warned that the route between El-Fasher and Tawila had turned into “a road of death,” noting that civilians attempting to flee the city faced grave danger. “There are still families in El-Fasher who are being subjected to dragging, torture, humiliation and sexual violence,” she added.

The minister condemned the attacks as “a systematic act of ethnic cleansing,” describing the atrocities as a crime made worse by the world’s silence.

The RSF took control of El-Fasher on October 26, with local and international organizations accusing the group of carrying out “massacres” against civilians. Observers have warned that the offensive could deepen Sudan’s de facto partition.

RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, later acknowledged that “violations” had been committed by his fighters and said investigation committees were being formed.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began on April 15, 2023, has claimed around 20,000 lives and forced over 15 million people from their homes, according to United Nations and local estimates.

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