For other Sudan-related interviews on this newsletter, see:
. Liwa al-Furqan
. al-Bara’ bin Malik Corps
. al-Barq al-Khatif
. ‘Democratic Revolutionary Awakening Council’
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Following a recent meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris, a joint statement was issued on a variety of international matters, including the ongoing civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Among the specific events mentioned in Sudan was the anniversary of the ‘atrocities’ in El Fasher (a town in western Sudan), though the statement did not name the party responsible for those reported atrocities: namely, the RSF, which captured El Fasher from government forces in October 2025.
Among the groups that were involved in the defence of El Fasher prior to its fall to the RSF was the El Fasher Resistance Committees Coordination. I conducted an interview with the group to discuss its role in defending El Fasher, why El Fasher fell, and its assessment of the current course of the war in Sudan and stance on peace negotiations.
Q: When was the Resistance Committees Coordination formed in El Fasher and for what reasons? Is it officially affiliated with the army, and do its members receive logistical support and salaries from the army?