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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Mat Nashed

As Sudan’s RSF surrounds Darfur’s el-Fasher, ethnic killings feared

A fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of a bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [AFP]

Sudan’s army could lose the last major city it controls in the western region of Darfur within days to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to analysts, local monitors and RSF sources.

Observers fear this could lead to crimes against humanity by the RSF and a humanitarian catastrophe in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.

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