RSF militiamen beat up, detain community leaders in Darfur

On Friday, members of the Rapid Support Forces, Sudan’s main government militia, beat and detained two community leaders in North Darfur’s Tawila locality.
Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces riding in four Land Cruisers raided the area of Fallujah in East Jebel Marra on Friday afternoon.
They accused Abakar El Rashid and Ismail Ahmed of being behind the disappearance of a number livestock in the area ten days ago, and severely beat them.
The militiamen took El Rashid with them to El Malam. The sources could not give information about the whereabouts of Ahmed.

On Friday, members of the Rapid Support Forces, Sudan’s main government militia, beat and detained two community leaders in North Darfur’s Tawila locality.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces riding in four Land Cruisers raided the area of Fallujah in Tawila on Friday afternoon.

They accused Abakar El Rashid and Ismail Ahmed of being behind the disappearance of a number of livestock in the area ten days ago, and severely beat them.

The militiamen took El Rashid with them to El Malam. The sources could not give information about the whereabouts of Ahmed.