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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samy Magdy

RSF's takeover of Sudan's El Fasher a 'terrible escalation' that raises new concerns

Sudan - (Airbus DS)

Paramilitary fighters in vehicles, on camels and on foot rampaged through the Sudanese military’s last stronghold in Darfur on Tuesday, killing and detaining hundreds of people in the latest atrocity of a war that has raged in Sudan for over 31 months.

The Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, overran the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.

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