Author: Mat Nashed
Published on: 03/04/2025 | 00:00:00
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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed a siege on them for about a year, yet they managed to forestall an invasion thanks to the Joint Forces. The besieged civilians are now pleading for help, but some fear the army has neither the political will nor the capability to rescue civilians, say experts. Residents in Zamzam said the army dropped some food aid from its warplanes earlier this week, but said supplies will run out in a few days UN accuses both sides of atrocities but says the RSF has systematically raped women and girls and “disappeared” thousands of civilians. Many of these crimes have been committed in Darfur, an RSF stronghold nearly the size of France. Since the army captured the capital, Khartoum, in March, experts and civilians from Darfur worry it will neglect the region again by prioritising its control over central and northern Sudan. Source: army's air strikes are the only deterrent against RSF fighters. Most civilians in North Darfur fear an RSF invasion more than army air strikes. They believe the group will commit mass killings and rapes and plunder entire cities. Local monitors say the RSF has stepped up abuses across North Darfur in recent weeks. On April 1, the group killed at least seven people in shelling on Abu Shouk displacement camp. Ten days earlier, it stormed al-Malha, north of el-Fasher, killing at least 40 people.
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