What the RSF’s slaughter of civilians in El-Fasher reveals about militia threat to Sudan

The RSF has been referred to as an offshoot, an evolution, or rebranding of the Janjaweed militias that were operating in the 2000s in Darfur,” said Michael Jones, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. “It features many of the same constituent parts, although RSF recruitment has expanded beyond the conventional confines of the Janjaweed,” Jones told Arab News. “It has much more sophisticated capabilities and far greater military, political and financial resources than previous militia groups.”