THOUGH a vicious civil war has been raging in Sudan since April 2023, the conflict has failed to capture international attention. Yet the reported atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces — the main paramilitary militia fighting the Sudanese military — in the town of El-Fasher recently have brought the world’s focus to this brutal conflict. The RSF, a reincarnation of the notorious Janjaweed militia, had laid siege to the town for 18 months before finally capturing it, and eyewitnesses........

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