Sudan is facing a deepening civil war, as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has extended their control over the country by taking El Fasher following an 18-month siege.

The RSF announced last Sunday it had gained control over the western Sudanese city, the last army-controlled area of Darfur.

Amy chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan confirmed his forces had pulled back from the city ‘to a safer location’, the Guardian reported.

On Tuesday, hundreds of civilians were killed at the main hospital by the RSF in El Fasher.

According to reports, as many as 460 people were killed in the attack and sick medics were kidnapped, the Sudan Doctors Network said. Who are the RSF?

The RSF are a Darfur-based paramilitary group that evolved from the Janjaweed militias who fought in the 2000s for a f

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