CAIRO: Notorious paramilitaries said they had seized a headquarters in the center of the besieged provincial capital of North Darfur, the Sudanese military’s last stronghold in Darfur. As fighting continued to rage on Monday in el-Fasher, a medical group said the Rapid Support Forces had killed dozens of civilians and destroyed health care infrastructure the previous day in the city, where hundreds of thousands of people have been trapped for more than a year. Losing the 6th Division base is a major setback to the military and its allies.

The fall of the base in el-Fasher is step closer towards the RSF cementing its control in the west.

Despite this apparent victory for the paramilitary group, the besieged city of el-Fasher's status has not changed.