Exclusive: ICC prosecutors shelved RSF arrest warrant as atrocities mounted

Exclusive: ICC prosecutors shelved RSF arrest warrant as atrocities mounted Submitted by Sondos Asem on Fri, 07/03/2026 - 14:29 The office of the prosecutor has not sought any arrest warrants over Sudan's war despite global outcry over genocidal crimes since April 2023 Refugees in Tawila, in the Sudan's war-torn western Darfur region, on 28 October 2025, after fleeing el-Fasher following the city’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces (AFP) Off The International Criminal Court's prosecutor’s office has not applied for a single arrest warrant over crimes committed in Sudan 's Darfur region since the country's devastating war began in April 2023, despite more than three years of investigation and repeated public assurances that charges were imminent, Middle East Eye can reveal. According to numerous sources and court documents, the office of the prosecutor (OTP) has decided not to proceed with an application for an arrest warrant against a member of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which Prosecutor Karim Khan told judges in January last year he intended to file imminently. The application concerned alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in West Darfur since April 2023.