The RSF was created by Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in 2013, formed from existing Janjaweed militias in Darfur, a region of western Sudan. The Janjaweed were a major perpetrat

The Tarikh al-Sudan (Arabic: تاريخ السودان Tārīkh as-Sūdān; also Tarikh es-Sudan, "History of the Sudan") is a West African chronicle written in Arabic in around 16

He made securing Sudanese independence a priority of the revolutionary government. On 1 January 1956, Sudan was declared an independent state. After Sudan became independent, the G

AL-DABBA, Sudan, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF's takeov

The United Nations is pushing to gain access to al-Fashir, the famine-stricken city in Darfur where witnesses have reported mass reprisals since a takeover by Sudan's Rapid Support

Aziz Al Nour, Jack Sapoch, Julia Steers, Tessa Pang, Klaas van Dijken, Yousra Elbagir, Sam Doak, Mohamed Zakarea, Annoa Abekah-Mensah · After 18 months of relentless bombardment a

Al-Fāshir The city of Al-Fāshir, in the Darfur region of Sudan, along with the cities of Al-Junaynah, Kas, and Nyala.

El Fasher (also alternatively rendered as Al-Fashir; Arabic: الفاشر, romanized: al-Fāshir) is a city in western Sudan. It serves as the capital of the North Darfur State, is

Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced people in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of th

On April 15, heavy gunfire and explosions rock the capital Khartoum, sparking panic in the city of more than five million people on the Nile. The army, led by Sudan’s de facto ru

Although this plan briefly revived ... fighting. The RSF now controls Darfur and most of Kordofan. Already in July 2025 it announced a parallel coalition government theoretically w

Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, si

Sudan’s conflict is no longer just a war between generals. It is a fight over the country’s future—and whether that future belongs to bullets or ballots. The fall of al-Fashi

Africa’s third-largest country laid waste by warmongers so intoxicated by the prospect of power that the suffering of the Sudanese people means nothing to them. Those who weaponi

The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army since April 2023, when a power struggle between their leaders erupted into a civil war. The alleged killings of at least 460 patients an

Screenshot of a video released ... shows fighters holding weapons and celebrating in the streets of El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur. Oct 2025 ... The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous

Although Sudan is the largest country in Africa, with an area covering 2.5 million square kilometers, it is also one of the poorest with a per capita income of about US$210 a year.