Sudan’s devastating two-year civil war is “spiraling out of control,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday, just days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the North Darfur city of El Fasher from the Sudanese military. Since fighting between the two sides began in April 2023, clashes have killed more than 40,000 people and displaced over 14 million others, making Sudan one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises . Now, experts worry that the RSF’s latest victory will only incite more catastrophe.
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Life Under RSF Control
Sudan’s devastating two-year civil war is “spiraling out of control,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday, just days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (R
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