Sudan, Darfur and Rapid Support Forces
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Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world.
TERRIFYING Sudanese forces have slaughtered almost 500 people inside a hospital, according to the United Nations. Bloodthirsty paramilitary forces reportedly invaded a maternity hospital and
Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has announced the withdrawal of his soldiers from their last stronghold in Darfur, as the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of “ atrocities ” by the paramilitary group now in control of the city of el-Fasher.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have taken the city of El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears of mass killings.
Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.
Fasher in western Sudan as members of a paramilitary group seized a key army base and gained the upper hand in the major city, the latest twist in a civil war that’s raged for more than 30 months despite repeated international attempts to broker a ceasefire.
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher.
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.