Nicholas Bariyo

At the moment, what's happening is that the rebel group known as the Rapid Support Forces has taken over the last holdout city in this region of Darfur, El Fasha, from the regular army.

So the entire area, which is roughly the size of Spain, is under rebel control.

This is an ethnic conflict between the Arab-dominated tribes versus the indigenous Black African tribes in the same region.

These are competing for a lot of things, including land, resources, and governance.

And most of these Black African communities are allied with Africa.

Sudan's army.

So after the takeover of this city, most of them are fleeing westward towards the border with Chad.

The Chadian border, it's like the sanctuary, already hosting around half a million people, and the city is rapidly emptying.

They give the rebels an edge over the military.

They have these drones armed with bombs.

They are able to target where the military positions are, where the populated areas are, where the displaced are sheltering.

So you have a very experienced army being facilitated by drones for surveillance and for picking out targets with bombs.