Mat Nashed

Some east­ern tribes fear the Su­danese army’s dom­i­nant pres­ence threat­ens their own­er­ship of land.

The RSF’s bid for po­lit­i­cal le­git­i­ma­cy in Su­dan takes a hit as US sanc­tions crip­ple its quest.

Su­dan’s army says it is tar­get­ing ri­val RSF, but civil­ians are of­ten the vic­tims, say ac­tivists and medics.

Ac­tivists seek jus­tice against for­mer Su­danese Arab mili­tia leader as new crimes are com­mit­ted in the war-torn re­gion.

As the armed foes go toe-to-toe in South Dar­fur, res­i­dents strive to find se­cure shel­ters amid in­tense fight­ing.

The para­mil­i­tary force, ac­cused of atroc­i­ties dur­ing four months of fight­ing, re­leased its peace plan on Sun­day.

The RSF and Arab mili­tias are ac­cused of killing lawyers, hu­man rights mon­i­tors, doc­tors and non-Arab trib­al lead­ers.

Mul­ti­ple cease­fires and in­ter­na­tion­al me­di­a­tion ef­forts have failed to stop the con­flict from es­ca­lat­ing.

Aid work­ers, medics and ex­perts say army and RSF both steal aid, re­strict ac­cess and im­pose rent-seek­ing im­ped­i­ments.

An­a­lysts sug­gest the Su­danese army pulled out of cease­fire talks to launch a ma­jor of­fen­sive to re­take the cap­i­tal.