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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.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.
Satellite images of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region show 'clusters' of objects 'consistent with the size of human bodies', according to analysts from Yale University
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been forced out of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a yearlong siege, allowing the rebels to gain control of the western Darfur region,
The RSF’s capture of El Fasher has potentially far-reaching consequences for Sudan and its two-year civil war. The conflict has already displaced more than 14mn people, according to the UN, provoked famine and claimed more than 150,000 lives.
SHOCKING images taken after the fall of El Fasher in Sudan show vast patches of red-stained sand and clusters of bodies, marking a massacre so large it is visible from space. Analysis by Yale
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have taken the city of El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears of mass killings.