Sudan's brutal two-year war has entered a new, dangerous phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces this week seized control of the entire Darfur region, after ousting the rival Sudanese army from its last stronghold there.

Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key city of El Fasher in western Darfur. Hundreds of thousands have fled after witnessing mass executions and brutal violence.

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They would ask a man to run,” one of the few eyewitnesses told NBC News. “Once you start running, they shoot you.”

With tens of thousands dead and millions displaced, one of Africa’s most severe outbreaks of sectarian violence is poised to take a dramatic turn for the worse

Sudan is the site of the largest recorded humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world, with some 14 million people displaced out of a population of 51 million, widespread famine, and outbreaks of cholera and other deadly diseases increasing.

Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in what the United Nations chief called a “terrible escalation” in the conflict.

Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people at a hospital, including patients, after they seized the provincial capital of North Darfur over the weekend, according to the U.N., displaced residents and aid workers,

Several alleged executioners have been arrested after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of Sudanese men, women and children in El Fasher.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said several of its fighters had been detained as videos of mass executions and atrocities in el-Fasher circulate online.