Sudan’s RSF rebels say they captured army base in key city
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The civil war has been raging in Sudan for two-and-a-half years now. It has been estimated that at least 150,000 people have been killed - including many civilians - and more than 14 million people have been forced from their homes.
The paramilitary force fighting since 2023 to take over Sudan has ousted the army from its last stronghold in the western Darfur region in fierce fighting, military officials and aid groups said Monday.
A Sudanese paramilitary force is battling the last pockets of resistance in El Fasher, a Darfur city that has endured a brutal 18-month siege and where a full takeover would entrench a geographical division of the country between rival military factions.
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.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is accused of executing dozens of people fleeing El-Fasher, the United Nations said, after the group overran the city that was the army’s last stronghold in the west of the country.
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The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforce a de facto split in the nation.
The Guardian reported that material seen by the UN has shown British military equipment was found on battlefields in Sudan