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The Rapid Support Forces said in a statement Wednesday that they
captured the triangular zone, fortifying their presence along
Sudan’ s already volatile border with chaos-stricken Libya.
The RSF’s announcement came hours after the military said it had
evacuated the area as part of “its defensive arrangements to
repel aggression” by the paramilitaries.
On Tuesday the military accused the forces of powerful Libyan
commander Khalifa Hifter of supporting the RSF’s attack on the
area, in a “blatant aggression against Sudan, its land, and its
people.”
Hifter’s forces, which control eastern and southern Libya,
rejected the claim, saying in a statement that the Sudanese
accusations were “a blatant attempt to export the Sudanese
internal crisis and create a virtual external enemy.”
The attack on the border area was the latest twist in Sudan’s
civil war which erupted in April 2023 when tensions between the
Sudanese army and RSF exploded with street battles in the
capital, Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.
The war has killed at least 24,000 people, though the number is
likely far higher. It has driven about 13 million people from
their homes, including 4 million who crossed into neighboring
countries. It created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and
parts of the country have been pushed into famine.
The fighting has been marked by atrocities including mass rape
and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and
crimes against humanity, especially in Darfur, according to the
U.N. and international rights groups.
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