LONDON: Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim was detained by the Rapid Support Forces on Sunday as the paramilitary group consolidated its advance in El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur. Ibrahim, a freelance reporter and regular contributor to Al Jazeera Mubasher, was taken into custody just hours after the RSF announced it had seized control of the city, the last remaining Sudanese military stronghold in Darfur, which became the center of fighting in recent months as the RSF sought to consolidate control over the vast western region.

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.