{"id":46875,"date":"2023-11-12T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/business\/sudan-war-escalates-as-paramilitary-forces-aim-for-complete-control-of-darfur\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:33:03","slug":"sudan-war-escalates-as-paramilitary-forces-aim-for-complete-control-of-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=46875","title":{"rendered":"Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=8855cfed-f02e-4e26-abba-12de5e84117a\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The UN has sounded the alarm over a \u201ccatastrophic\u201d humanitarian situation in Sudan as paramilitary troops move closer to capturing all of the western region of Darfur, leaving a trail of atrocities in their wake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemeti, have seized Nyala, Sudan\u2019s second-largest city, and most of the five federal states comprising Darfur. Fierce battles are raging in El Fasher, North Darfur\u2019s capital. The RSF has been battling the Sudanese Armed Forces for control of the country since fighting broke out in mid-April. <\/p>\n<p>The RSF has intensified its focus on Darfur, an ethnically divided region and Hemeti\u2019s historic power base, where bouts of violence have continued since a war that started in 2003. With a ceasefire continuing to be elusive in peace talks mediated by Saudi Arabia and the US, the RSF\u2019s recent gains have heightened fears of the country splitting into two competing areas. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a catastrophic situation, which is just getting worse and worse,\u201d\u00a0said Toby Harward, deputy humanitarian co-ordinator for Darfur for the UN\u2019s refugee agency UNHCR. \u201cHundreds of thousands of civilians and displaced people are now in great danger in El Fasher.\u201d He said the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has topped 25mn \u2014\u00a0more than half the country\u2019s population. <\/p>\n<p>Urging an \u201cimmediate cessation\u201d of attacks in El Fasher, US secretary of state Antony Blinken last week condemned \u201creported abuses by the RSF and allied forces in connection with their assault on Nyala, including civilian deaths, arbitrary arrests, detention of medical personnel and looting of health facilities\u201d. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2289\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/3741507b-a1c9-426a-aae4-cc76509ad74a.jpg\" alt=\"Fire rages in a market at El Fasher, North Darfur,  after bombardment by the RSF\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2289\" height=\"1526\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Fire rages in a market at El Fasher, North Darfur, after a bombardment by the RSF<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since fighting erupted between forces loyal to de facto president and army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Hemeti,\u00a0more than 10,400 fatalities, mainly in Khartoum and Darfur, have been recorded by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). Sudanese health workers believe the toll to be\u00a0much higher.<\/p>\n<p>Hemeti, originally from a Chadian Arab clan in North Darfur, was commander of a Janjaweed brigade that terrorised the area while fighting rebels who rose up against\u00a0the government of former strongman Omar al-Bashir two decades ago in a brutal war that cost about 300,000 lives.<\/p>\n<p>The violence in Sudan has aggravated Darfur\u2019s deep-rooted divisions\u00a0\u2014 especially between Arab Rizeigat and African Masalit ethnic groups\u00a0\u2014 a situation that UN officials said had parallels with the outbreak of inter-ethnic bloodshed in 2003. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty years ago the world was shocked by the terrible atrocities in Darfur. We fear a similar dynamic might be developing,\u201d said UNHCR head Filippo Grandi on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This week, following the takeover of an SAF military base in El Geneina in West Darfur, the UN said \u201cArab militias allied with the RSF\u201d killed civilians in the town\u2019s Ardamata district, adding that fighters targeted the Masalit community. Grandi\u00a0said that\u00a0\u201cmore than 800 people have been reportedly killed by armed groups in Ardamata\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy this week said it was \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by reports of human rights abuses and ethnic targeting by \u201cthe RSF and affiliated militias\u201d in Darfur, while Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN secretary-general\u2019s representative in Sudan, said \u201cdisplacement, disease and sexual violence were rampant\u201d in the country\u2019s seven-month conflict. <\/p>\n<p>An RSF spokesman said this week: \u201cwe renew our emphasis on respect for human rights\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The RSF now controls most of Darfur, a region almost the size of France, and most of Khartoum, although the SAF holds critical bases and sites in the capital, analysts and humanitarian officials say. This week, local media reported fierce clashes between the warring parties in Khartoum\u2019s twin city, Omdurman. Many government departments have moved to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, according to analysts. <\/p>\n<p>The latest round of negotiations in Jeddah between the warring parties ended this week without a ceasefire deal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talks in Jeddah have become cover for the atrocities committed in Darfur by the RSF,\u201d said Kholood Khair, a Sudanese analyst and founding director of Confluence Advisory, a Khartoum think-tank. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SAF would likely sacrifice Darfur in order to consolidate power in other regions, hastening the already-unfolding Libya scenario,\u201d she added, referring to Sudan\u2019s north-western neighbour, which is administered by competing governments in the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi, each backed by rival militias. <\/p>\n<p>The latter is run by the Libyan National Army of renegade general Khalifa Haftar, considered an ally of Hemeti. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/8855cfed-f02e-4e26-abba-12de5e84117a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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