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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

‘On every corner someone disappears’: the frantic search for Sudan’s missing

Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces ride in a technical vehicle in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum, Sudan.
Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces ride in a technical vehicle in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: Rapid Support Forces/AFP/Getty Images

Kamal Ali Osman sent a text message to his family saying he was being stopped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the militia group whose checkpoints now throttle the roads of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Minutes later, the text was deleted from his phone. He has not been heard from since.

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