Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

The hot sand around the Sudanese city of El Fasher is stained red with the blood of more than 2,000 massacred civilians.

The RSF’s capture of El Fasher has potentially far-reaching consequences for Sudan and its two-year civil war. The conflict has already displaced more than 14mn people, according to the UN, provoked famine and claimed more than 150,000 lives.

US intelligence from as recently as October indicated the UAE was stepping up support for the paramilitary force

Sudan's military withdrew from its last western stronghold in Darfur, ceding control of El-Fasher city to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF started off as Janjaweed or devils on horseback,

SHOCKING images taken after the fall of El Fasher in Sudan show vast patches of red-stained sand and clusters of bodies, marking a massacre so large it is visible from space. Analysis by Yale

Rebel RSF forces have captured the last Sudanese army stronghold in Darfur, prompting growing fears of mass killings and renewed

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

Fighting engulfed El-Fasher in western Sudan as members of a paramilitary group seized a key army base and gained the upper hand in the major city, the latest twist in a civil war that’s raged for more than 30 months despite repeated international attempts to broker a ceasefire.