Nearly 22 months after war erupted from a power struggle between the two factions, the RSF controls almost all of Darfur in Sudan's west, and much of the neighbouring Kordofan region. The army controls Sudan's north and east and has recently made major gains in Khartoum.

As it loses ground to the Sudanese army in the capital Khartoum, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has pushed its efforts towards consolidating its grip in its stronghold Darfur region, attacking the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp. Alice Rizzo reports.

Responding to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons near North Darfur state capital

Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torched parts of Sudan’s largest refugee camp, firing indiscriminately at people, including women and children, according to open-source evidence and an eyewitness account.