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Sudan's brutal two-year war has entered a new phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seized control of the entire Darfur region, ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold.
Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), vying for power in Sudan since April 2023, have been trading accusations of receiving support from foreign powers.
Sudan’s brutal two-year war has entered a new, dangerous phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized control of the entire Darfur region, after ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold there.
Document - Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Chris Coons (D-Del.
Sudan's RSF paramilitary forces reportedly launch an attack on the army's last stronghold in Darfur, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped.
Colombian mercenaries, regular transport flights and cargo marked 'hazardous' reveals a vast covert operation fuelling the slaughter in Sudan
Colin Powell, Kofi Annan, David Cameron, Jack Straw – and, of course, George Clooney – all flew into El Fasher and visited the nearby Abu Shouk refugee camp as they condemned the genocide perpetrated by the Janjaweed, government-backed militias armed and organised under then-dictator Omar al-Bashir 20 years ago.