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It's Friday, October 31st.

I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

We begin this evening in Sudan, where the Civil War is taking a jarring turn in Darfur.

There, an Arab-led militia is now using state-of-the-art

drones and execution squads to dominate the region's black population. The conflict, which began

more than two years ago, is between the Sudanese government and the rapid support forces,

a well-armed rebel force. Humanitarian groups say the violence has been escalating since the

militia seized control of El Fasher, the largest city in the region, where 70% of the population,

largely black Sudanese, have fled their homes. These human rights groups are warning that

the killings have the potential to surpass the genocide that played out in Rwanda just over 30 years

ago.

For more, WSJ reporter Nicholas Barrio joins us now from Kampala, Uganda.

Nicholas, what exactly is going on in Darfur?

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,

and Fasha, from the regional army.

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

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