The paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the protagonist of clashes with regular forces that ravaged Sudan, has its roots in violent clashes against the rebels in 2013, when most of its components belonged to the Canjaweed militia. in Darfur, the western region of the country.
RSF is accused by many of serious human rights violations. According to BBC reports in 2015, its nearly 40,000 members participated in the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. Also, in 2019, militias from the RSF – the BBC continues – were sent to Libya to fight alongside General Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) against the internationally recognized government of Tripoli (GNA). Crimes accused by RSF include the killing of at least 120 protesters during a sit-in outside army headquarters in the capital Khartoum in June 2019, as well as the abduction of women and children and the looting of several cities.
Source: Today IT

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