Abdallah lives with her seven children in Omdurman, one of the three cities that makes up Sudan's wider capital and has seen frequent fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/sudanese-canadian-campaigns-to-help-adopted-sister-stranded-in-khartoum/article_8d38b72b-1971-519b-a5fb-ab1c85a6a8fe.html

A fragile accord between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ripped open in April.

Source: https://realnewsmagazine.net/how-coups-climate-cost-of-living-shaped-2023-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-coups-climate-cost-of-living-shaped-2023-in-africa

A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/gunfire-sounds-during-armistice-4th-day-sudan-battles

Both the army and the Rapid Support Forces also said in statements that they had agreed to the pause from 4pm to 7pm local time (14:00 to 17:00 GMT), Al-Jazeera has reported.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/199578/Three-hour-humanitarian-pause-agreed-in-Sudan-UN

But two months later, in June 2019, when protesters demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule refused to leave a protest site, General Hamdan’s Rapid Support Forces led a brutal assault.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/world/africa/hamdan-hemeti-sudan-rsf.html

Crunching over bullet casings, they navigated a gantlet of check posts manned by jittery fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, some wearing bandages or limping.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/world/africa/sudan-fighting-evacuations-rescue.html

Does the Rapid Support Forces come under the direct command of the army?”

Source: https://yalibnan.com/2023/04/16/dozens-killed-hundreds-wounded-in-sudan-clashes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dozens-killed-hundreds-wounded-in-sudan-clashes

International human rights groups and the United Nations have condemned the atrocities committed in since the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out on 15 April.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-united-nations-amnesty-atrocities-condemned

It’s essentially a power struggle between the leader of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leader of the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as the Hemedti).

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-the-latest-in-sudan_uk_644a2b32e4b011a819c5c0a2

Khartoum / Omdurman / Khartoum North — Battles continued in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this weekend, despite the two parties signing a declaration of principles in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202305160018.html

Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Sunday the ceasefire pact between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces for seven days.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/kuwait-welcomes-truce-accord-for-ceasing-fighting-in-sudan/

Like many in Sudan, Mohamed was shaken awake on Saturday by the outbreak of deadly fighting between Sudan's army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/terrified-sudanese-seek-shelter-rival-forces-fight

Meeting in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces signed off on a seven-day ceasefire that is due to take effect on Monday 9:45 p.m. local time in Sudan, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia said in a joint statement.

Source: https://www.thenationalherald.com/warring-factions-in-sudan-agree-to-temporary-ceasefire-say-us-saudi-mediators/

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad said it expects to see more refugees fleeing across the border from Sudan to escape the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/04/22/un-agency-in-chad/

On 15 April fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), the national military, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/un-hrcs-special-session-on-sudan-should-establish-an-investigative-mechanism/

Since mid-April, the conflict between Sudan's armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has caused displacement, death, injury and an unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202308030019.html

Sudan has been rocked by fighting for more than two months as the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battle for control of the country.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/013fdc6a4c4efb10?ref=ff

Sudan’s army accused the Rapid Support Forces of “traitorous plotting” against the country, and has demanded its dissolution.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/dozens-killed-as-fighting-between-sudan-military-rivals-enters-a-second-day/

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, one of the warring sides, said a US forces mission consisting of six aircraft evacuated American diplomats and their families.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/22/uk-us-and-others-prepare-to-evacuate-nationals-from-sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a 72-hour truce starting from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Friday but residents of Khartoum and its sister city Bahri reported gunfire as Sudanese troops deployed in the cities on foot.

Source: https://newsday.com.ng/sudans-rsf-agrees-to-ceasefire-for-eid-residents-report-gunfire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sudans-rsf-agrees-to-ceasefire-for-eid-residents-report-gunfire