On one side are the militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary whose violence has haunting echoes of Sudan’s genocide that began almost 20 years ago, and on the other is the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
Currently, the RSF, believed to be stronger than the army, controls the majority of Khartoum and most of western Sudan, while the SAF controls much of the north and east.
The United Arab…

