{"id":56585,"date":"2025-12-19T12:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/new-investigative-report-exposes-ethnic-targeting-and-mass-atrocities-in-sudan\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:42:35","slug":"new-investigative-report-exposes-ethnic-targeting-and-mass-atrocities-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/new-investigative-report-exposes-ethnic-targeting-and-mass-atrocities-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"New investigative report exposes ethnic targeting and mass atrocities in Sudan\u2019s Al Jazirah State"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the investigation, the conflict has produced catastrophic humanitarian consequences, with an estimated 150,000 civilians killed, approximately 12 million people forcibly displaced, and widespread famine affecting large swaths of the country. <\/p>\n

The report, which is based on months of research, combines analysis of hundreds of videos, satellite imagery, whistleblower accounts, and interviews with survivors on the ground. It documents patterns of violence that indicate deliberate targeting of non-Arab communities \u2014 including mass killings and disposal of bodies in canals and mass graves \u2014 following the Port Sudan Authority\u2019s offensive to retake the strategic city of Wad Madani earlier this year. <\/p>\n

Eyewitness testimony and visual evidence show civilians being executed, often after being accused of supporting opposing forces. Some victims were found bound and killed \u2014 a pattern described by independent observers as possibly rising to the level of ethnic cleansing or genocide. <\/p>\n

The investigation also highlights that orders for these operations appear to have originated from high command, although the Sudanese military has not responded to requests for comment. <\/p>\n

The findings have drawn attention from members of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, with at least one representative characterizing the conduct as \u201csystematic genocide\u201d and crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n

Humanitarian agencies warn that the combination of sustained violence, mass displacement, and agricultural disruption has led to acute food insecurity, raising the specter of famine across regions already devastated by conflict.<\/p>\n

As international attention focuses on Sudan\u2019s deepening crisis, this report aims to shed light on some of the war\u2019s most severe abuses and urges global actors \u2014 including media, policymakers, and human rights advocates \u2014 to respond to the documented evidence and address gaps in the prevailing narrative.<\/p>\n

Read the full report [here->https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/16\/world\/video\/sudan-satellite-imagery-investigation-canals-digvid]<\/p>\n

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A groundbreaking investigative report released jointly by CNN and Lighthouse Reports has uncovered compelling evidence of systematic, ethnically-motivated violence carried out by the Port Sudan Authority and allied forces against civilians in Al Jazirah State, Sudan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000099398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000099398,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/sass.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000099398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56585"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56585"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}