New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- As the Rapid Support Forces surge into West Kordofan following atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan's army mounts a desperate resistance to contain the eastward advance, while civilians trapped by siege and shelling face mass displacement and an accelerating humanitarian disaster.

On the 947th day of Sudan's relentless civil war, the country reels from newly intensified bloodshed in West Kordofan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are locked in a desperate, brutal fight to stem a ruthless eastward offensive by the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The latter, infamous for their brutal siege tactics and war crimes especially during the massacre of El Fasher, continue to push forward with scant regard f...