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A view of a damaged building as basic healthcare services are gradually becoming accessible again for returning civilians and local residents as hospitals resume operations in Khartoum, Sudan
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The defection is the latest in a string that is impacting the RSF's ability to continue waging war against the army.

Oliver Mizzi
13 August, 2026
Badr al-Din Abdullah, Aug. 5, 2026 (The New Arab)
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This picture shows a general view of the wreckage of a truck after the Rapid Support Forces targeted several civilian facilities earlier in the week in Al-Rahad Abu Dakna
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Sudan's Sovereignty Council Chairman and Army Commander Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the newly established Al-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, Northern State, where tens of thousands of Sudanese have taken refuge after being displaced by clashes following the Rapid Support Forces' takeover of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on October 26, in Al Dabbah, Sudan, on November 8, 2025.
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 Sudanese women walk to the public transportation station, in the capital Khartoum on April 16, 2026. Of the nearly four million people -- around half Khartoum's pre-war population -- who fled during the conflict, more than 1.8 million have returned over the past year. Yet fewer than 80,000 people have come back to central Khartoum, according to the United Nations.
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