Sudan medical group says RSF-affiliated fighters kill 27 civilians

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 29, 2026 · 460 words · By Caolán Magee

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Sudan medical group says RSF-affiliated fighters kill 27 civilians The attacks come as nearly 19.5 million Sudanese face severe hunger amid the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.

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What happened

Sudan medical group says RSF-affiliated fighters kill 27 civilians The attacks come as nearly 19.5 million Sudanese face severe hunger amid the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.

Why it matters

A force affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 27 people, including elderly residents, in an attack on villages west of Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.

Common ground

The Cairo-based medical NGO said the attacks took place on Thursday in the al-Murrah area, describing them as “a new crime targeting unarmed civilians in areas with no military presence”.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Cairo-based medical NGO said the attacks took place on Thursday in the al-Murrah area”

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Multiple sources confirm the attacks took place in the Al-Murrah area west of Barah town.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ER is an American medical drama television series created by Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons. It was prod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ER_(TV_series)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between the two main factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan contr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…

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Claim 2: “more than 40 percent of Sudan’s population faces acute hunger, according to a report released on Thursday by the United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).”

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An IPC Special Snapshot from November 2025 reports that 45 percent of the population faced high levels of acute food insecurity, which aligns with the 'more than 40 percent' claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Throughout 2024, the population of Sudan suffered from severe malnutrition and famine conditions as a result of the Sudanese civil war beginning in 2023, primarily in Darfur, Kordofan, and neighboring…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_Sudan_(2024–present)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), also known as IPC scale, is a tool for improving food security analysis and decision-making. It is a standardised scale that integrates food se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Food_Security_Phase…

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Claim 3: “A force affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 27 people, including elderly residents, in an attack on villages west of Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly confirm that the Sudan Doctors Network documented RSF forces killing 27 civilians in villages west of Barah in North Kordofan.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces

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Claim 4: “nearly 19.5 million people across the country are facing severe food insecurity”

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Two separate web search results explicitly mention nearly 19.5 million people facing acute hunger/food insecurity in Sudan.

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web search NEUTRAL — The conflict in Sudan has created a hunger catastrophe. Nearly 19.5 million people are facing acute hunger, including 135,000 people facing starvation.
https://wfpusa.org/place/sudan/

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web search NEUTRAL — The analysis shows that nearly 135,000 people are facing Catastrophic food insecurity (IPC Phase 5) across 14 hotspots in Darfur, South Darfur, and South ...
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/risk-famine-persists-n…

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web search NEUTRAL — acute food insecurity is projected to worsen with an estimated 19.1 million people (41%) expected to face IPC Phase 3 or above conditions.
https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/…

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Claim 5: “Sudan has been engulfed in civil war since April 2023, when long-running tensions between the Sudanese army and the RSF erupted into a full-scale conflict”

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Wikipedia and multiple other sources explicitly state that the civil war in Sudan began in April 2023 between the SAF and RSF.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of engagements during the Sudanese civil war (2023–present).
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Claim 6: “The RSF and allied groups control much of the western Darfur region, as well as parts of Kordofan along the border with South Sudan”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the RSF controlled most of Darfur and parts of Kordofan.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Darfur campaign, also known as the Darfur offensive, is a theatre of operation in the war in Sudan that affects five states in Darfur: South Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, Central Darfur and W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign_(2023–present)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Darfur genocide, also known as the second Darfur genocide, is an ongoing series of persecutions and mass killings of non-Arabs in Darfur carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide_(2023–present)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kordofan campaign is the theater of the War in Sudan that takes place in the 3 states that make up the Kordofan region: North Kordofan, South Kordofan, and West Kordofan. The campaign began on 15 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordofan_campaign_(2023–presen…

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Claim 7: “Thursday’s assault took place during the second day of Eid al-Adha.”

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Two independent web search results confirm the attacks in the Al-Murrah area occurred during the second day of Eid al-Adha.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · According to the organization, the attacks took place in villages in the Al-Murrah area west of Barah town in North Kordofan during the second ...
https://themedialine.org/headlines/rsf-accused-of-killing-27…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · The Sudan Doctors Network documented RSF forces killing 27 civilians in villages in the Al-Murrah area west of Barah, which they stated had no ...
https://www.africansecurityanalysis.com/reports/monthly-fore…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · In the early hours of the second day of Eid al-Adha, 34 Palestinians were killed in a series of airstrikes and shootings carried out by the ...
https://www.facebook.com/asharqalawsat.e/posts/palestinians-…

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