Topic - Rapid Support Forces

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; ) 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 behalf of the Sudanese government. Its actions in Darfur were deemed crimes against humanity by Human Rights Watch. - Source: Wikipedia

Related Stories

FILE - Refugees arrive at the border between Chad and Sudan before going to the Tine transit camp in Chad's Wadi Fara province Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, file)

At least 17 dead in fighting on Sudan’s border with Chad, aid group says

By Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), shows displaced children from el-Fasher at a camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (NRC via AP)

Sudan’s paramilitary group agrees on truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

By Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), shows displaced children from el-Fasher at a camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (NRC via AP)

Sudan insurgents agree to truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

By Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

This photo released by UNICEF shows displaced children and families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Mohammed Jammal/UNICEF via AP)

Militia attack on hospital in Darfur came in waves, WHO says

By Sarah El Deeb and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE - Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit secure the area where Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, June 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Paramilitary drone attack on a mosque in Sudan kills at least 70 people, army says

By Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

A burned military vehicle sits at Khartoum international airport a day after it was recaptured from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo)

UAE rejects Sudan’s claim at U.N. court that it is breaching genocide convention by funding rebels

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

A man walks by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, an area torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, on April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

Sudan files case to U.N. court alleging UAE is breaching genocide convention by funding rebels

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

This combo shows Zamzam refugee camp and market buildings, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Darfur region, Sudan, before being attacked, on Tuesday Jan. 14, 2025, left, and after being attacked, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in North Darfur are ‘unbearable,’ aid worker says

Associated Press