Sudan's Crisis: Paramilitaries and Economic Ripples.

Sudan's paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), born out of a lightly-armed desert militia, has taken control of parts of the capital, Khartoum, despite daily air strikes by the army. The RSF's preferred tactic is close-quarters fighting, which has allowed them to take up positions in residential areas and key institutions. The conflict has left over 500 people dead, disrupted aid supplies, and turned residential areas into war zones. The RSF's leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, is playing a long game, a war of attrition designed to open up an opportunity for him to be a political leader through negotiations.