[6] This peace continued through May, even as ceasefires in El Fasher held up and the RSF consolidated control over Kabkabiya.

[7] The fighting in Kutum began on May 30 after a local gang killed a Darfur Border Guards officer who was a relative of Janjaweed founder and war criminal Musa Hilal.

[14] Minni Minnawi, the governor of Darfur region, called Kutum a "disaster zone" on June 5, and deplored the massacres.

[13] Residents speaking to Middle East Eye stated that the perpetrators of the attacks on Kassab were the RSF, and that official buildings in the town were torched.

[16] Attacks on villages surrounding Kutum began on June 9, with the mayor of Farouk town Mohamedein Bektum being executed by RSF fighters after refusing to give up his car key.

[21] By July, the RSF had imposed fees on remaining Kutum residents in exchange for protection from gangs and reprisal attacks.