NAMES · WHO THE NEWS NAMED · 10-19 TO 11-01

Rapid Support Forces

org

Named in 376 articles by 11 newsrooms, in 128 stories, on 14 of the last 14 days, first on 10-19.

Rank

0.0493

by the company kept · 1 is the top name

Articles

376

452 mentions

Linked to

304

names in 2+ shared articles

This week

1.81×

against last week

In Houthi's circle

27%

of that hub's 30 closest names are also linked here

Bridging

between groups · 1 is the top bridge

Most exclusively tied top 30 · ties that pass the test on the right, most exclusive first

The names that appear with Rapid Support Forces in a large share of their own coverage: this name's own company. Exclusivity runs from 0, two names that meet no more than chance would have them, to 1, two names that only ever appear together. A name that is in everything, a president, is exclusive to no one, so the big names fall away here and the names that belong to this one stay. Only ties that pass the strength test count, so a pair seen twice is not a tie. Places are context and have no page.

Name	Kind	Exclusivity	Together
RSF	org	0.92	279
Darfur	gpe	0.833	122
Khartoum	gpe	0.822	130
Kordofan	gpe	0.781	69
Sudan	gpe	0.778	360
West Kordofan	gpe	0.773	67
Nyala	gpe	0.768	67
South Sudan	gpe	0.729	85
White Nile	loc	0.713	25
Abyei	gpe	0.71	68
Blue Nile	loc	0.684	33
North Kordofan	gpe	0.643	19
Port Sudan	gpe	0.631	13
Chad	gpe	0.61	29
Somaliland	gpe	0.577	14
Emirati	gpe	0.565	41
UNICEF	org	0.515	19
Ethiopia	gpe	0.496	65
United S	gpe	0.483	6
United Nations	org	0.471	216
Security Council	org	0.445	20
United Arab Emirates	gpe	0.443	42
Amnesty International	org	0.44	18
Paramount	org	0.424	9
Libya	gpe	0.419	25
UAE	org	0.404	73
Nile	loc	0.382	2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	org	0.373	14
Savannah	gpe	0.372	2
Quran	gpe	0.37	3

Most strongly tied the ties chance explains least

How sure the record is that two names appear together for a reason. Strength is a standard statistical test (log-likelihood): above 10.8, chance would produce the pairing less than once in a thousand times. It grows with the number of articles, so the biggest names come first here; the list on the left is where this name's own company shows.

Name	Strength	Together
Sudan	4427	360
RSF	4224	279
Khartoum	1809	130
Darfur	1751	122
United Nations	1458	216
South Sudan	1049	85
Kordofan	974	69
West Kordofan	933	67
Nyala	923	67
Abyei	834	68
Ethiopia	510	65
UAE	437	73
Blue Nile	422	33
Emirati	398	41
White Nile	356	25

Articles per day

The hubs' circles share of each hub's 30 closest names that are also linked to this one

The eight most-named figures each have an inner circle: the thirty names most tied to them. This is how much of each circle this name is also tied to. A count of shared company in the coverage, nothing more.

Shared with Houthi: AFP, Amnesty International, Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, Department of State, Donald Trump, European Union, Foreign Ministry, Houthis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security Council, Treasury, UAE, UN Security Council, UNICEF, United Nations, WHO.

The year 516 articles on 38 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-31 · weekly bars · 14 months on record

Left is a year ago, right is this week. Older days come from headlines only, so their counts run lower than live days.

Named together, month by month · by surprise, among that month's articles · names with a page

Stories that name Rapid Support Forces newest edition first · 30 shown

1 Nov
Netanyahu and Eisenkot seek coalition after inconclusive Israeli election world
31 Oct
Netanyahu and Eisenkot seek coalition after inconclusive Israeli election world
30 Oct
Netanyahu and Eisenkot seek coalition after inconclusive Israeli election world
29 Oct
Netanyahu and Eisenkot seek coalition after inconclusive Israeli election world
28 Oct
Netanyahu and Eisenkot seek coalition after inconclusive Israeli election world
27 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
27 Oct
Israel Votes as Netanyahu Faces Close Challenge and Iran Dispute world
26 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
26 Oct
Netanyahu warns Iran against election disruption as Israel prepares to vote world
25 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
25 Oct
Security dominates final days of Israel’s election campaign world
24 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
24 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
24 Oct
Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after checkpoint attack kills two Israeli soldiers world
23 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
23 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
23 Oct
Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after deadly checkpoint attack near Hebron world
22 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
22 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
22 Oct
Hegseth makes unannounced Israel visit amid discussions of possible Iran strikes world
22 Oct
More Than 150 Reported Killed in Drone Strike on Abyei Market world
21 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
21 Oct
Drone strikes in Abyei and West Kordofan reportedly kill more than 300 world
21 Oct
Hegseth meets Netanyahu during unannounced Israel visit amid Iran strike discussions world
21 Oct
Sudanese drone strike kills at least 153 at Abyei market, local official says world
20 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
20 Oct
Hegseth meets Netanyahu during unannounced Israel visit world
20 Oct
Drone strikes in Sudan and disputed Abyei region kill scores world
19 Oct
Egypt’s Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, proposes leadership training programme world
19 Oct
Trump backs Netanyahu as Israel’s election campaign focuses on Iran world

Names are found by a language model trained to spot them, joined to one spelling per person, and counted per article. The relations are the model's reading of the sources. Everything else is a count of who was written about together; it says nothing about why.