Sudan’s RSF militia carries out abductions, seeking slaves and ransoms

NAIROBI — Since civil war erupted in Sudan last spring, paramilitary fighters battling the country’s army have carried out a campaign of abductions, kidnapping civilians for ransom or pressing them into forced servitude, according to 10 victims who have since been released and other witnesses. Elements within the Rapid Support Forces, which have captured most … Read more

Sudan’s RSF takes Wad Madani as 300,000 flee in humanitarian crisis

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave NAIROBI — The paramilitary force fighting the Sudanese government has entered a major city in the heart of nation’s grain-producing region, the United Nations said, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. Wad Madani, just south of the war-torn capital of Khartoum, had been an area … Read more

Sudan’s military and RSF forcibly recruit civilians into civil war

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave METEMA, Ethiopia — The two warring sides in Sudan have been forcibly recruiting civilians to join the fight, and conditions in some refugee camps outside the country are so awful that some men who fled have returned to Sudan, only to be captured and pressed into combat, … Read more

RSF implicated in Darfur massacres following victory over army

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave AIROBI — Sudanese paramilitaries and allied militias have stormed cities in the western region of Darfur, with mass killings reported in one regional capital and at a camp for displaced families, eyewitnesses said. The seizure of the cities, previously divided between the two forces, is the most … Read more