The war between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia took a potentially decisive turn after RSF militiamen captured Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province and the country’s second largest city. According to a statement from the RSF leadership, the militia invaded the armed forces headquarters in the provincial capital, which has more than one million inhabitants, and captured all the military equipment stationed there. The militia distributed a video showing fighters cheering and shooting into the air. The BBC also cites eyewitnesses who reported widespread looting by RSF militiamen in Nyala. The city’s streets are said to be littered with corpses, he continues: high-ranking officers of the armed forces, including generals, have been killed in recent days.
