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paragraph_text: The Masalit massacres, sometimes referred to as the Masalit genocide, are an ongoing series of massacres of the Masalit ethnic group in Sudan perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies, during the Sudanese civil war between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The massacres began in 2023 during the Sudanese civil war when the RSF began committing organized mass killings of Masalit civilians in West Darfur.
  
  The ongoing massacres include the Ardamata massacre, Misterei massacre and the Battle of Geneina, all of which targeted Masalit civilians within the area of Geneina. These incidents have been described by The Economist, Genocide Watch, US academic Eric Reeves, Khamis Abakar (Governor of West Darfur), and the US government as a genocide.