Army, Rapid Support Forces face mounting pressure in Sudan
Tension between the military and civilian members of Sudan’s ruling body have largely centred on the Sudanese military’s economic assets.
Wednesday 13/01/2021
Protesters gather demanding the closure of the headquarters of Rapid Support Forces and the prevention of extra judicial executions, in Khartoum, Sudan, January 14, 2021. (AP)
CAIRO - Sudan’s transition remains plagued with multiple sources of turbulence and tension as the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces face scrutiny over illegal detention centres and the military’s role in the country’s economy.
Dozens of Sudanese rallied in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention centres following the alleged torturing and killing of a Sudanese man by a paramilitary force whose members once formed the backbone of a militia accused of war crimes in Darfur.
CAIRO Dozens of Sudanese rallied in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention centres following the alleged torturing and killing of a man by a paramilitary force whose members once formed the backbone of a militia accused of war crimes in Darfur. The death of Bahaa el-Din Nouri, snatched […]
Dec 28, 2020
CAIRO (AP) The death of a Sudanese man who was snatched while sitting at a coffee shop has sparked controversy around the scope of a paramilitary force whose members once formed the backbone of a militia that rights groups say committed war crimes in Darfur.
Bahaa el-Din Nouri, 45, was taken on Dec. 16 from the Kalakla neighborhood in the southern part of the capital, Khartoum, by men wearing plain clothes and riding in a vehicle without license plates, his family has said.
Five days later, his body appeared at a hospital morgue in the city of Omdurman, just across the Nile River from Khartoum. The family refused to take the body for immediate burial after seeing signs of apparent beating and torture, according to Nouri’s brother, Yasser.
Dec 28, 2020
In this June 22, 2019 file photo, a Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, stands on his vehicle during a military-backed tribe s rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. The death of a Sudanese man who was snatched while sitting at a coffee shop has sparked controversy around the scope of a paramilitary force in Sudan. The 45-year-old man was arrested in mid-December, south of the capital, Khartoum and held at a detention center run by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. Five days later, his body appeared at a hospital morgue. (AP photo)