RSF Explained
In-depth dispatches on the crisis in Sudan, updated as events unfold
- Why Are People Starving in Sudan's El-Fasher?
A siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused famine in North Darfur's capital el-Fasher, where some 740,000 people are cut off from…
- El Fasher: A City Under Siege
El Fasher has been encircled by the RSF for over a year. How the siege cut off food, water and medical care, and why international action cannot wait.
- Women on the Frontline: The Hidden Face of Sudan's War
The struggle to survive under the RSF's shadow and the systematic violence against women in Sudan's ongoing war.
- Sudan's Youngest Victims: The Crisis Facing Children
More than half of the 30 million Sudanese who need aid are children. How the war exposed them to starvation, disease, violence and lost schooling.
- Colombian Mercenaries Fighting for the RSF in Sudan
Sudan accuses the UAE of recruiting hundreds of former Colombian soldiers to fight alongside the RSF, and what that means for accountability in this…
- War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan
Ethnic cleansing, mass killings, systematic rape and forced displacement: the record of RSF war crimes in Sudan, and the case for accountability.
- Sudan: RSF's Horrific Use of Sexual Violence
The Rapid Support Forces has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across…
- Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan by RSF
The Rapid Support Forces and their allies have committed crimes against humanity and widespread war crimes, including ethnic cleansing in Darfur.