Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, has seized a strategic oilfield on the southern border of Sudan with South Sudan, halting production at the site, as the civil war in Sudan and clashes with the army intensify in the resource-rich Kordofan region. The strategically positioned Heglig oilfield on Sudan’s southern border hosts the main processing facility for South Sudan’s oil. “The liberation of the Heglig oil region is a pivotal point in the liberation of the entire homeland, given the…