section_path: Massacres
section_name: Massacres
paragraph_text: Massacres
  
  Following the Battle of Geneina in 2023, more than a thousand bodies were left in mass graves in the town of El Geneina.
  
  In January 2024, it was revealed that a report to the UN Security Council estimated that 10,000–15,000 people were killed in El Geneina.
  
  According to accounts by survivors, massacres were coordinated, specifically targeting Masalit and other dark-skinned inhabitants of Darfur, as opposed to the Sudanese Arab population. The Rapid Support Forces denied involvement, characterizing the situation as a tribal conflict, while Arab tribal leaders denied being involved in ethnic cleansing and held the Masalit responsible for starting the conflict.