Swaths of Sudan are controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) but almost all of Darfur, a region roughly the size of France, is held by the RSF. The group also retains footholds in the ...

The revolution culminated in an April 2019 coup, which was carried out jointly by the SAF—led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan—and the Rapid Security Forces (RSF), a militia led by Mohamed ...

The RSF has battled to maintain its presence in Khartoum, but a streak of losses in recent weeks has forced the militia to flee its key positions within the city. On Wednesday, the SAF posted a ...

That carnage left an estimated 300,000 people dead. Since fighting erupted in mid-April 2023 between the RSF and the SAF, ethnically motivated killings have intensified, particularly in the ...

The RSF is commanded by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, who is apparently determined to fight on. On the SAF’s side are foreign backers such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and ...

The United States has accused the RSF of genocide and sanctioned its leader, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti. Washington has also sanctioned SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ...