SUDAN NEWS ALERT: BBC - Key Sudanese city could fall to rebels imminently - US

11/6/2024: BBC - Key Sudanese city could fall to rebels imminently - US, by Anne Soy

The BBC report that the US’ envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, warned that al-Fashir could fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) imminently.

Perriello told the BBC that some in the RSF think capturing El-Fasher will help them establish Darfur as a breakaway state, but the US would not recognise an independent Darfur "under any circumstances".

"I think if there's anyone in RSF territory who thinks taking el-Fasher means somehow they will have a right to the state of Darfur, they need to disillusion themselves of that myth," he said.