His rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Commander Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, announced a "humanitarian truce for a period of 72 hours" for Eid al-Fitr to allow for evacuations.

Who are the Rapid Support Forces and how did they get to be so powerful? Known as al-Quwat al-Da’m al-Sari’ in Arabic, the paramilitary force was created in 2013 by the government of al-Bashir.

Sudan’s regular army, known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), has fought a bloody civil war against the paramilitary Rapid ...

Control of oil-rich Kordofan is a big prize for both warring groups in their bid to take the country, analysts say.

Originally formed in 2013 to revamp the notorious Janjaweed militia, the Rapid Support Forces, now under the leadership of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, were intended to support counterinsurgency operations ...

A bitter two-year civil war in Sudan has pitted the government against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which announced it was ...

Despite the Rapid Support Forces withdrawal from the capital and the urging of officials like Mr. Türk, of the U.N., and others, many diplomats and aid workers believe that the war’s end is far ...

After the Rapid Support Forces lost control of central Sudan, including Khartoum, the forces' leadership launched a broad mobilisation effort to recruit fighters in the Darfur states. This ...

Link Copied! A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

The Rapid Support Forces have more than 75,000 combatants, most of whom hail from the Darfur region in the country’s far west. The force is buttressed by additional recruits in Sudan’s north ...

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at a 2019 rally in Abraq, Sudan. Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...