Sudan Paramilitary Unit Overruns Darfur City as War Rages On

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.

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s army, said the leadership in El-Fasher thought they ought to leave after the Rapid Support Forces damaged it and killed civilians. “We agreed that they depart the city and go to a safe place to spare the rest of the citizens” more damage, he said in a televised speech Monday.