Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say

FILE PHOTO: A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to al-Fashir in North Darfur, Sudan. MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - A Sudanese paramilitary force locked in a war with the army has placed new constraints on aid deliveries to territories where it is seeking to cement its control, including areas where famine is spreading, humanitarian workers say.

The move comes as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seek to form a parallel government in the west of the country, while it is rapidly losing ground in the capital, Khartoum - developments that could further divide the country, which split from South Sudan in 2011.