Public understanding of Darfur has been muddied by the understandable ... country through the lens of the much more publicized civil war in the south. But unlike the decades-long struggle between ...

The Rapid Support Forces are waging all-out war to conquer the state capital and cement control over all of Darfur. Development marks one of army’s most significant advances since war broke out ...

The paramilitary force was formed out of tribal “Janjaweed” militias, which became a notorious state-backed group that was used as a counterrebel force during the War in Darfur, a 17-year ...