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Saudi Arabia funnelled millions of dollars to two Rapid Support Forces commanders to defect to the Sudanese army, Africa Intelligence reported, as part of an effort to curb Islamist influence.
Both sides have been accused of atrocities, with a UN independent fact-finding mission in February concluding that the 2025 assault on El-Fasher bore the "hallmarks of genocide".
Legal Action Worldwide has filed the first war crimes complaint against Sudan's RSF with Kenya’s Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
President William Ruto has denied allegations of supporting Sudan’s RSF, insisting Kenya has no ties to the group and calling for equal scrutiny of both warring factions in Sudan’s ongoing conflict.
Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned on Thursday.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are using sexual violence as a "weapon of war" in Darfur to control civilians, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
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