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RSF organisation

Named in 120 reports across 13 stories - 7 Aug – 4 Nov

also appears as Rsf

7 Aug 20264 Nov 2026
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  1. BBC News Worldseen 23 Oct, 21:23headline rewrittenthe story

    Hospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF fighters, BBC investigation findsHospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF fighters, BBC finds

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with RSF. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without RSF.

Rapid Support Forces and Sudan share 11 reportsBlue Nile state and Sudanese army share 8 reportsArmy and Sudanese army share 7 reportsKhartoum and Sudan share 5 reportsRapid Support Forces and Sudanese army share 5 reportsNorth Kordofan and Sudanese army share 4 reportsNorth Kordofan and Sudan share 3 reportsArmy and Blue Nile state share 3 reportsNorth Kordofan and Sudanese Armed Forces share 3 reportsBlue Nile state and Sudan share 3 reportsSudan and Sudanese Armed Forces share 3 reportsBlue Nile state and Rapid Support Forces share 3 reportsBlue Nile and Sudanese army share 3 reportsKhartoum and Sudanese army share 3 reportsSudan and Sudanese army share 2 reportsNorth Kordofan and Rapid Support Forces share 2 reportsArmy and North Kordofan share 2 reportsBlue Nile and Sudan share 2 reportsSudan and Sudan Doctors Network share 2 reportsNorth Kordofan and Sudan Doctors Network share 2 reportsRapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces share 2 reportsKhartoum and North Kordofan share 1 reportArmy and Rapid Support Forces share 1 reportBlue Nile state and Sudanese Armed Forces share 1 reportBlue Nile state and North Kordofan share 1 reportBlue Nile and Khartoum share 1 reportArmy and Sudan share 1 reportKhartoum and Sudanese Armed Forces share 1 reportKhartoum and Rapid Support Forces share 1 reportArmy and Blue Nile share 1 reportBlue Nile and Sudan Doctors Network share 1 reportArmy and Khartoum share 1 reportBlue Nile state and Sudan Doctors Network share 1 reportRSFSudanSudan - 50 shared reports (place)Sudanese ar…Sudanese army - 25 shared reports (organization)Rapid Suppo…Rapid Support Forces - 21 shared reports (organization)North Kordo…North Kordofan - 18 shared reports (place)Blue Nile s…Blue Nile state - 17 shared reports (place)KhartoumKhartoum - 10 shared reports (place)Sudan Docto…Sudan Doctors Network - 10 shared reports (organization)ArmyArmy - 9 shared reports (organization)Blue NileBlue Nile - 7 shared reports (place)Sudanese Ar…Sudanese Armed Forces - 7 shared reports (organization)

The stories

Ethiopia: The Red Line of Sovereignty - Shabia's Test of Ethiopia's Restraint for Peace

62 outlets1 report names RSF24 Apr 2023 – 4 Nov 2026

Sadc summit in Durban focuses on migration challenges

57 outlets68 reports name RSF5 Aug – 4 Nov

RSF drone attacks intercepted over Khartoum, River Nile states: Report

41 outlets40 reports name RSF12 Aug – 4 Nov

Turkish police raid LGBT homes and bars in nationwide crackdown

38 outlets1 report names RSF13 Sept – 2 Nov

Russia Arrests Japanese Reporter for Espionage as Spat Grows

25 outlets1 report names RSF13 Oct – 31 Oct

Arrest of two French journalists in Togo reflects worsening relations between Paris and Lomé

7 outlets2 reports name RSF18 Aug – 4 Sept

We tested how AI chatbots would handle foreign propaganda. They did surprisingly well

3 outlets1 report names RSF30 Aug – 23 Sept

New evidence reveals chemical weapons use in Sudan in 2024

5 outlets1 report names RSF6 Sept – 9 Sept

Sudan accuses Ethiopia of allowing drone attacks to be launched from its territory

2 outlets1 report names RSF29 Oct – 4 Nov

Sudanese army recaptures strategic military base in Blue Nile region

1 outlets1 report names RSF22 Oct – 2 Nov

Sudan: Finance, Higher Education and Minerals Ministers Urge African Union to Take a Constructive Position On Militia Crimes

1 outlets1 report names RSF17 Aug – 24 Aug

RSF senior commander defects, accusing Sudan group’s leadership of nepotism

1 outlets1 report names RSF31 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Anadolu Agency (AA)68AllAfrica21Al Jazeera English21BBC News World2Google News - Top Stories1France Info (France)1Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)1Euronews1Kyiv Post (Ukraine)1Novinky (Czechia)1iRozhlas (Czechia)1bne IntelliNews1

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