As Sudanese army admits RSF's capture of El Fasher, country slides further towards split | | AW

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50% : The army was able to oust the RSF from the capital Khartoum earlier this year, but the paramilitaries have amassed advanced weaponry including long-range drones that could allow them to attempt a comeback, one military and one RSF source said. UN chief Antonio Guterres said foreign provision of weapons and increasing external interference in the war were undermining the chances of a political solution.
39% : According to the UN more than one million people have fled the city since the start of the war and around 260,000 civilians, half of them children, remain trapped without aid, with many resorting to eating animal fodder.
18% : "This represents a terrible escalation in the conflict," said the UN secretary-general, adding that "the level of suffering that we are witnessing in Sudan is unbearable". UN rights chief Volker Turk spoke of a growing risk of "ethnically motivated violations and atrocities" in El-Fasher. The United Nations' migration agency said on Monday more than 26,000 people have fled the fighting in El-Fasher since Sunday, either seeking safety in the outskirts of the city or heading to Tawila, 70 kilometres to the west.

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