Sudan, RSF and El Fasher
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Sudan plunged into a civil war in April 2023 after a vicious struggle for power broke out between its army and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It has led to a famine and claims of a genocide in the western Darfur region - with fears for the residents of city of el-Fasher after it was recently captured by the RSF.
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WHO says over 460 people reportedly killed at a hospital taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces
The head of the U.N. health agency says more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region.
Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.
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Fears of a bloodbath as RSF rebels take key Sudan city of El Fasher. Here’s how we got here
Sudanese rebels have driven government forces from El Fasher, the last stronghold of the country’s regime in the western Darfur region, amid a brutal struggle for territory that has led to alleged genocide and contributed to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises.
Paramilitary fighters in vehicles, on camels and on foot rampaged through the Sudanese military's last stronghold in Darfur on Tuesday, killing and detaining hundreds of people in the latest atrocity of a war that has raged in Sudan for over 31 months.
The Sudanese military withdrew from a key city in Darfur, where fleeing civilians were reported to be coming under attack from R.S.F. paramilitary forces.
The EU has denounced atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces after reports of mass killings. The UN's food agency, meanwhile, reports that Sudan's military rulers have ordered the two top WFP officials out of the country.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized control of the entire Darfur region, after ousting the rival Sudanese army from its last stronghold there in el-Fasher. Its capture raises fears that Africa's third-largest nation may split again, nearly 15 years after the oil-rich South Sudan gained independence following years of civil war. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland looks back on the history of the conflict.
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