Human rights violations and the security situation in the Darfur region continued to deteriorate throughout April 2025, driven by the ongoing armed conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and their respective allied groups. Security incidents have been steadily increasing, including the firing of live ammunition in residential areas, targeting of tea vendors, harassment and assault of young girls, armed clashes within neighborhoods, intimidation of civilians through the use of combat aircraft, arbitrary arrests, looting and theft, extrajudicial killings, acts of revenge, extorting civilians under false accusations, forcibly seizing and controlling civilian resources and activities, unlawful assassinations, forced displacement, starvation through siege, and the imposition of militarized economic policies such as dismantling security checkpoints, restricting movement and economic activities, and treating civilians as enemy combatants by accusing them of military affiliations. Other documented violations include the killing of persons with disabilities, burning of civilian homes, deployment of additional military forces, and various other incidents that reflect fluctuating security levels and a continuous deterioration of human rights conditions across all five Darfur states.
