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Al Jazeera
Mat Nashed

US accuses RSF of genocide, hurting the group’s drive for legitimacy

Families escaping Ardamata in West Darfur cross into Adre, Chad, after a wave of ethnic violence, November 7, 2023. Survivors recounted killings and looting in Ardamata, which they said were carried out by RSF and allied Arab militias [El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters]

In June 2023, Ibrahim Shumo and some friends fled war-torn Sudan’s West Darfur, the members of the “non-Arab” Masalit tribe knew they would be killed if they stayed any longer.

They feared the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias from “Arab tribes” – the mainly nomadic and pastoralist communities in Darfur. Sedentary farming tribes are referred to as “non-Arab”.

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