Sudan: 2,500 More RSF Militiamen in North Darfur Capital for Arms Collection

16 October 2017

El Fasher — A new contingent of 2,500 members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has arrived in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher to assist with arms collection and vehicle control. The new contingent will reinforce the existing 10,000 RSF soldiers who have been deployed to the state.

El Fasher Commissioner, El Tijani Abdallah, said that the forces are especially "for collecting weapons in El Fasher locality, deterring the partial chaos as well as fighting, the negative phenomena of Kadamol wearing and bearing weapons, in addition to controlling the movement of unlicensed vehicles.

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