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The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are a Sudanese paramilitary group currently embroiled in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. They are newsworthy due to recent findings by a UN-mandated fact-finding mission that investigated their siege and capture of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The UN report details an 18-month occupation characterized by a "coordinated campaign of destruction" against non-Arab communities. Investigators concluded that the RSF and allied militias deliberately inflicted conditions calculated to bring about the destruction of these communities, indicating potential genocide. The report cites evidence of ethnic targeting, rape, and torture. These findings highlight the severity of the human rights violations occurring in Sudan and the RSF's alleged role in perpetrating them, making the situation a matter of international concern.