[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Al Jazeera Conference said on Thursday that 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured in Sudan's Al Jazeera state during the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control of the area.
The RSF launched attacks on towns and villages in Al Jazirah after entering Wad Madani in December 2023, and the violence continued until January 2025, the conference said. It reported widespread abuses against civilians, particularly women and children, including killings, forced displacement, arrests, rapes and kidnappings.
''The conference has documented an increase in the death toll to 8,000, while injuries have reached tens of thousands since the RSF invaded Al Jazirah state in December 2023,'' Al-Mabr Mahmoud, secretary-general of the Al Jazirah Conference, told Sudan Tribune.
The conference, a local civil group formed after the RSF takeover, said some 2,500 villages were affected by forced displacement, and an estimated 5 million of the state's 7 million people were displaced over the past year.
It also documented 213 cases of rape and said 10,000 people were arrested or kidnapped between December 2023 and January 2025, with many still missing.
The conference said initial estimates put losses to industry, commerce, health, and agriculture at more than $30 billion, adding that assessments were ongoing.
The RSF has been accused of widespread abuses in Al Jazirah since it took control of much of the state. Sudan's army and allied forces have since regained control of some key areas, including Um Al-Qura, Tambool, Wad Madani, Rufa'a and al-Hasahisa, in January and February. 
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