KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they had captured the army headquarters in the city of El-Fasher, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
A video posted by the RSF showed its soldiers cheering in front of a sign for the army’s Sixth Infantry base. Reuters was able to verify the location but not the date. The army did not immediately give a statement on its current position.
Capture of Al-Fasher would be a significant political victory for the RSF that could hasten a physical split of the country, by enabling the paramilitary group to consolidate its control over the vast Darfur region, which it has claimed as the base for a parallel government established this summer.
RSF BESIEGED CITY FOR 18 MONTHS
Yet some activists have long warned that an RSF takeover of the city would also lead to ethnic attacks, as seen after the capture of the Zamzam camp to the south.
