Here are some facts about Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group which have been fighting each other for a year, devastating their country, reigniting ethnically-targeted killings in Darfur and displacing millions.
April 14 - Here are some facts about Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group whichThe factions, uneasy partners in the toppling of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019 and the overthrow of a civilian-led government in 2021, clashed as they competed to protect their interests in a planned political transition., had the advantage on paper at the start of the war because of their higher troop numbers, their heavy weapons and fighter jets.
* Under Bashir, Burhan served in Darfur, where the government fought to put down a rebellion in violence that had displaced an estimated 2 million people and left 300,000 dead by 2008. He also developed ties in the Gulf, helping supply soldiers to a Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen. * Early this year it has regained some footing, particularly in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum - supported, sources say, byItem 1 of 5 A Sudanese national flag is attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces soldiers as they wait for the arrival of Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council and head of RSF, before a meeting in Aprag village 60, kilometers away from Khartoum, Sudan, June 22, 2019.
* International Criminal Court prosecutors accused government officials and Janjaweed leaders - without naming Hemedti - of genocide and other atrocities.
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