Rapid Support Forces (Sudan)

With Darfur in Its Sights, Paramilitary Group Is Accused of Atrocities

Seven months into Sudan’s civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies are ransacking and capturing the Darfur region. An aid worker said, “People are dying like insects.”

U.A.E. Talks Peace in Sudan War, but Secretly Backs One Side

From a remote air base in Chad, the Emirates is giving arms and medical treatment to fighters on one side in Sudan’s spiraling war, officials say.

Omdurman, Sudan, Becomes Center of New Phase of War

Fierce fighting has erupted in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, in a desperate battle to control supply routes.

War in Sudan Was Inevitable

The world has failed Sudan. This isn’t the first time.

In Darfur, Sudan, Brutal Killing of Governor Heralds New Round of Violence

The United Nations blamed Sudanese paramilitaries for the death of the governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abdullah Abakar. Sudan’s war has destabilized a fragile western region devastated by genocide in the early 2000s.