Warring generals Burhan and Hemeti are going into a battle that could end in a Libya-style national schism, After the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over the cities of Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Daein over a month ago, they set the stage for a battle for El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur state. If they prevail there against the Sudan Armed Forces and allies, RSF Commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Hemeti can claim to control all of the giant region (about the size of Spain).
Ethnic Masalit civilians in West Darfur faced “six days of terror” as hundreds were killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied Arab militias in the town of Ardamata earlier this month, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jeremy Laurence, said in a statement on 17 November. The
The conflict becomes more vicious and anarchic by the day as rival leaders lose control of their subordinates and new militias proliferate, The civil war in Sudan is slipping out of the grip of its main protagonists as proposed political solutions evaporate and each military confrontation is increasingly determined by local circumstances, not commanders at the top. The relentless fighting has become increasingly brutal and fighters more ill-disciplined, as freelance militias flood in, tempted by opportunities for plunder, and regional powers support rivals.