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Al Jazeera
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Mat Nashed

What does fighting in Darfur mean for Sudan’s western frontier?

An internally displaced Sudanese family outside their makeshift shelter in Kalma IDP camp in Darfur, April 26, 2019 [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

As the conflict intensifies in Sudan, experts caution that the power vacuum in Darfur, its western province, may attract fighters and weapons from neighbouring countries, including Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR), and Chad.

The region’s security has been compromised due to an ongoing power struggle between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group led by Mohamad Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, a tribal leader from the Mahariya clan of Darfur’s Rizeigat tribe.

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