Tensions in Sudan have escalated as political and armed groups denounced the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for executing civilians in Bahri, north of Khartoum, accusing them of collaborating with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
A widely circulated video on social media shows individuals, some in army uniforms and others in civilian attire, executing young men in Al-Halfaya, a neighborhood recently reclaimed by the SAF in its ongoing offensive.
The RSF alleged that over 70 young volunteers, who had been providing humanitarian aid in the Halfaya suburb of Bahri, were executed by SAF forces aligned with Islamic Movement jihadists.
The National Umma Party condemned the incident as a “heinous crime,” calling for the military to respect international humanitarian law and demanding accountability. The party called the killings a “dark stain” on the military’s duty to protect civilians.
The Beja Congress Party also condemned the executions, accusing the “Al-Baraa bin Malik” battalion, a unit fighting alongside the army, of carrying out the “barbaric” act and urging an international investigation.
Bakry Eljack, spokesperson for the Coordination of Civilian Democratic Forces (Tagadum), stressed the importance of legal action, criticizing the lack of previous investigations into similar incidents. He called the executions a “blatant war crime” and urged both SAF and RSF to stop targeting civilians.
Suleiman Sandal, from the Justice and Equality Movement, described the killings as racially motivated extrajudicial executions and condemned the absence of due process.
The alleged executions come after a major SAF offensive on September 26, as fighting intensifies between the SAF and RSF in Bahri.