The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قوات الدعم السريع, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) is a paramilitary force formerly operated by the government of Sudan. The RSF grew out of, and is primarily composed of, the Janjaweed militias which previously fought on …

2 days ago · The RSF-led charter said the government did not exist to split the country, but rather to unify it and to end the war, tasks it accused the army-aligned government operating out of Port Sudan of ...

2 days ago · Sudan’s paramilitary RSF and allies sign a deal to pave the way for parallel government. 1 of 2 | Representatives of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) sing during a planned signing ceremony of the Sudan Founding Charter aimed at establishing a unity government involving leaders of political forces, armed groups, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at ...

3 days ago · The RSF has seized most of the western Darfur region and swathes of the Kordofan region in an almost-two-year war, but is being pushed back from central Sudan by the Sudanese army.

1 day ago · The Rapid Support Forces of Sudan (RSF) signed a charter Saturday evening with allied political and armed groups to form a “government of peace and unity”. The signing took place during an event held at the Kenya International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Among the people who were signatories to the charter were the RSF commander Abdelrahim …

Apr 16, 2023 · Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group are engaged in fierce fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, raising fears of a civil...

Feb 18, 2025 · Sudan’s army has scored a series of battlefield victories in recent months, pushing the R.S.F. out of key areas in Khartoum, the capital, and in central Sudan. The R.S.F. hopes to end that ...

Feb 18, 2025 · RSF fighters were guilty of "executions, kidnappings, enforced disappearances and property looting", the network added. ... At the heart of this conflict is a falling out between Sudan's de facto ...

6 days ago · After nearly two years of war between the RSF and Sudan’s army, the RSF controls most of the west of Sudan and parts of the capital, Khartoum, but has been losing ground in central Sudan to the ...

Nov 11, 2024 · The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) armed group has killed, injured, and unlawfully detained scores of civilians and raped women and girls during attacks across Sudan’s Al Gezira state.