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Winners and Losers in Sudan: On Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the...
The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese tensions in the Taiwan Strait. In fact, the US debacle in...
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There Can Be No Peace in Sudan Without the Democratic Empowerment of Its People
Over the last month, Sudan has been convulsed with violence as a power struggle between two rival military leaders erupted into full-scale warfare. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands...
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Sudan Conflict: Why a Humanitarian Truce is Proving So Hard to Secure – and...
Reports out of Sudan of continuing violence suggest that the seven-day ceasefire organised during talks in Jeddah – the seventh attempt to end the violence in Sudan – is crumbling. A fighter plane was...
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That Other War
It’s been devastating, even if no one’s paying attention. Three months of fighting in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Force (RSF) has left at least 3,000 people...
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The 25th Anniversary of a Shameful Act of US State Terrorism
The al-Shifa factory was the largest pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, employing over 300 workers, producing medicine both for human and veterinary use. It had been operational for only just over a...
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A Revolution in Pain
On the first Saturday of 2023, a concert brought hundreds of young activists in dancing crowds to a park in the northern tip of Khartoum, dangerously close to ministry buildings. Many arrived masked,...
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Humanitarian Calamities That Aren’t on the World’s Agenda
Various versions of the aphorism “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography” have been making the rounds ever since the rise of U.S. imperialism in the late 1800s. The quip (which, despite...
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State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won’t Say the Same...
Late last year, 50 humanitarian organizations asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to make an atrocity determination related to a conflict that was drawing global attention. The groups requesting...
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Keep Eyes on Sudan
In the global discourse on humanitarian crises, the struggle of the Sudanese people is often overshadowed by more widely publicized conflicts. Currently home to over 10 million displaced individuals...
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More than a Domestic Conflict
When war broke out on 15 April 2023 between Sudan’s military, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary unit of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by...
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Against Global Indifference to Atrocities in Darfur
As the deadly war in Sudan enters its second year, it is nearly impossible to overstate the global indifference and inaction in the face of ongoing devastating mass atrocities in Sudan. The...
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The World’s Forgotten War
“Don’t worry, Séra, the entire world is watching them, they won’t be able to do anything.” “You think so?” “Of course.” In my heart of hearts, I knew I was wrong. The World Cup was about to begin in...
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The Violence Is A Symptom Of A Profound Collective Failure
Five years ago, Sudan was a tale of optimism, democratic transition and stability. Today, the UN secretary-general describes it as a “humanitarian travesty”, even as the UN’s Special Adviser on the...
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Sudan Portrait – Kordofan (1985)
In a world of displacement and climate crisis almost no one is talking about Sudan. Sudan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNCHA), “is now today...
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To Be a Woman in Sudan
Recent coverage of the Sudanese war after a prolonged period of silence showcases women firing guns at training camps in the Sudanese Armed Forces’ strongholds. These images contradict the otherwise...
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UN Agencies Call for International Aid as War-Torn Sudan Faces Famine Threat
A group of United Nations agencies and humanitarian groups sounded the alarm Friday that 18 million Sudanese are acutely hungry as a civil war that began in April 2023 continues to ravage the country....
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From Darfur to Gaza: Taking the Responsibility to Prevent Genocide Seriously
A genocide is looming, yet again, in Darfur, West Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces are besieging El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which is currently under the control of the Sudanese Armed...
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Mediation Pitfalls: How the Jeddah Peace Talks Complicate Sudanese Politics
The Jeddah mediation, initiated last year with the hope of resolving the ongoing conflict in Sudan, has instead significantly deepened the country’s divisions and inadvertently prolonged the conflict....
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Cairo’s Faustian Bargain with Brussels Sends Sudanese Refugees Back into the...
In mid-March this year, the European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Egypt aimed at curbing irregular migration to Europe’s shores partly via the kind of incentivised cash transfer that...
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Sudan is Now Confronting Its Most Severe Food Security Crisis on Record
After 14 months of escalating internal conflict, Sudan is now confronting its most severe food security crisis on record. The latest situation report, released on 27 June, reveals a grim picture: more...
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Funding the War in Sudan: Restrain the UAE and End U.S. Complicity
In April 2023, a war broke out in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese National Army. Its impact has been devastating, millions were displaced and thousands died, in addition...
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Starvation in Sudan
For months, we’ve all been able to stay reasonably informed about the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. But there’s another horrific war that’s gotten so little coverage you could be excused for not knowing...
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Europe Shouldn’t Rely Upon the RSF Militia on Immigration
In April 2023, a war broke out in Sudan between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces. The impact has been devastating. Thousands were killed in addition to massive destruction in...
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US Calls for Ceasefire: Sudan’s Peace Process at a Crossroads
The recent initiative led by the United States (US), Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland to mediate a cease fire in Sudan represents a crucial effort to address the conflict that has erupted since April...
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Is Peace Possible Between Sudan’s Warring Parties?
Ever since conflict erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been engaged in an attritional war, with support from various armed allies and...
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The Urgent Need for Peace in Sudan
Last month, the International Rescue Committee, described the crisis in Sudan as the top global humanitarian emergency. On August 28, Lawrence O’Donnell described the war in Sudan as the “least...
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South Sudan Floods: The First Example Of a Mass Population Permanently...
Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of...
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Deaths in Sudan’s Civil War are Estimated at 62,000, but the Real Toll may be...
The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention to this 18-month-long conflict has...
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Land Scarcity in Northern Bahr el Ghazal: Implications for Returns
For two decades now, since 2005, Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBG), a state to the Northwest of South Sudan on the border with Sudan’s East and South Darfur and West Kordofan states, has experienced two...
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Hip-Hop and Revolution in Sudan
The State is afraid of the Pen, While we’re here challenging death Flippter The streets of Khartoum in December 2018 were not just crowded—they were buzzing with life. Voices rang out in defiance,...
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