Overview

• The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have launched intensified assaults in Darfur, targeting refugee camps and killing over 300 civilians, including aid workers and children, in recent days.
• Nearly 400,000 people have been displaced from Darfur's Zamzam camp due to RSF offensives, with reports of famine and blocked humanitarian access exacerbating the crisis.
• The war, which began on April 15, 2023, has displaced 13 million people and caused tens of thousands of deaths, with both warring parties accused of atrocities and war crimes.
• The Sudanese military's recapture of Khartoum last month has shifted the conflict, leading to a de facto partition of the country, with the RSF controlling Darfur and parts of the south while the military holds the north and east.
• International leaders, meeting in London, have called for an immediate ceasefire, increased humanitarian aid, and an end to external arms supplies fueling the conflict.