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Zamzam is a stain on the forehead of the international community

By :Al-Sammani Awadallah

I followed a video of a number of displaced citizens in the Zamzam camp in northern Darfur talking about the atrocities committed by the Rapid Support militia against civilian men, women and children .

One of the elders gave a speech in which he criticized the international community and organizations that claim to defend human rights at a time when the militia practices the worst practices and the most egregious violations practiced by this militia .

I also followed a report by the British newspaper The Guardian, which reported excerpts of violations that occur to displaced people who have abandoned their homes
The report monitors the harrowing testimonies from inside Zamzam camp after the attack launched by the Rapid Support militia on April 11, 2025, and was praised for documenting the crimes committed against unarmed civilians, especially women and children, and for conveying the voices of those who survived this humanitarian tragedy.

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The militia stormed the camp shouting racist phrases while shooting at the victims, and the report says that the militia soldiers “were barbaric, inhumane. They were shouting and they were killing people inside their houses. This is a behavior you don’t even find in the wild.”،

“The shelling was very intense. People began to flee in every direction-to the south, to the east, to the West. The shelling was intense

“Some of the children were literally dying of thirst when they arrived, after walking for two days under the scorching sun without drinking a single drop of water.”

Militia fighters stop people on the roads and decide who is allowed to pass based on skin color. “The main goal is to carry out a full-scale genocide and displace any tribe that is not associated with Rapid Support”،

“The Rapid Support militia looted all the areas around El Fasher, killed many people, burned villages, stole their property.”

“Even now the people who stayed in the camp are still being killed and raped. Even those who tried to flee to the West, brought back some young girls and old people and killed them. There are still a large number of wounded who have not received any treatment.”

“The people [who fled] are really exhausted, because what happened in Zamzam is a real tragedy. Unspeakable things, which have never happened before in the history of mankind.”

This report, prepared by an impartial body, is a damning document for the militia and those who provide it with weapons to carry out this scheme, which they have drawn up for the genocide of those people who have nothing to do with the army or armed movements .

The international community and human rights organizations are aware of the reality of what is happening and learn from the state that sponsors this militia, which provides weapons under the guise of humanitarian assistance to exterminate a defenseless people .

What happened in Zamzam and boshok brings to mind what happened in El Geneina in western Darfur and repeats what happened in other areas on the island and in the west of Omdurman ..The truth is clear, the criminal is known and the supporters are known after Sudan exposed them internationally

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