Last week, I traced the history of the current conflict in Sudan to the Janjaweed genocide in Darfur between 2003 and 2005 and the coup-proofing measure of the now-ousted leader, Omar al-Bashir, who formalised the militia, christening it the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and setting it up as a counterw
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