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off with barricades and digging ditches so the militias can't enter the residential districts. so who is doing all this burning and looting and killing? residents in the area say that in nyala, it's the rsf, the rapid support forces, which does have its roots in darfur. but take a look at these fighters on the rampage in al—geneina. you can see that they're not wearing uniforms. the rsf leader has called for calm. in al—geneina especially, the lines are blurred. there are different community militias, including fighters from arab tribes called the janjaweed, and that's the base from which the rsf was formed. 20 years ago in darfur, the janjaweed were mobilised to crush a rebellion by non—arab tribes. the current battles have reignited those communal tensions. a war of all against all, multiple groups fighting one another, could spread to other regions in sudan and beyond because of ethnic ties across borders. an intensifying conflict in darfur has the potential to inflame conflict in libya, in chad, in central african republic