Sudan's RSF fighters say they plan to work with a new government, raising partition fears


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  • Saturday, 21 Dec 2024

DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters have said they will work with a planned new government to oversee territories they control, the starkest move they have made towards a partition of the country after 20 months of civil war.

The RSF has been fighting the national army since April last year and now controls swathes of central and western Sudan including most of the capital Khartoum and the Darfur region, its traditional base.

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