The Economist.

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The information onslaught of the early internet did a lot to banish what's called information

asymmetry between sellers and buyers.

Now artificial intelligence is making consumers even more informed.

Welcome to the end, the rip-off economy.

And information flows the other way.

Consumers and citizens are endlessly asked to answer questionnaires.

But they're clearly losing enthusiasm for the quizzing.

We look at surveys as a literary genre, one that is apparently dying a slow death.

First up, though.

In Elfasher, the capital of Sudan's western Darfur region, a brutal year-and-a-half-long siege has now turned into brazen massacre.

Last week, the rapid support forces, or RSF, a paramilitary group,

finally drove out the last remaining troops

of the government's Sudanese armed forces, or SAF.

As they did,

thousands of residents of Al-Fashir fled to camps further afield.

One woman escaped with her two-month-old grandchild after her daughter and son-in-law were killed in the onslaught.

A spokesperson for the United Nations estimated that in the course of just 48 hours, more than 60,000 people were displaced.

Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that North Darfur State remains catastrophic with ongoing attacks against civilians,

humanitarian access to al-Fasha cutoff, and desperate people continue to flee towards Tawila and other towns seeking safety.

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