Sudan’s RSF ‘Stoke Ethnic Tensions With Tribal Recruitment’

El Fasher / El Mujlad / Babanousa / El Fula — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have launched an intensive recruitment campaign in Darfur and Kordofan, mobilising fighters along tribal lines. This move has amplified concerns that Sudan’s ongoing conflict could devolve into widespread ethnic violence, further prolonging instability in the war-torn nation.

The RSF, led by Commander Lt Gen Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, tasked tribal leaders to rally fighters, aiming to deploy them to…