Essay: Sudan’s civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight
In an article first published on the Conversation, JAN POSPISIL, an associate professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University in the UK, looks at the two-year-old conflict in Sudan and the challenges facing a peaceful resolution…
“Grave danger”: Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, reports on the daily struggle Sudanese are facing to find food in a nation riven by war…
Essay: Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention
HYERAN JO, a political science professor who studies civil conflicts, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the possibility for peace in Sudan…
Sudan’s army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war
New York, US/Cairo, EgyptReuters Sudan’s army chief said on Friday he had not sought military support on a recent regional tour and that his preference was for a peaceful solution to the conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also said in an interview with Reuters that he […]
Sudan paramilitary threatens to set up authority with Khartoum as capital
Cairo, EgyptReuters The head of Sudan’s main paramilitary group threatened on Thursday to set up a governing authority in areas his forces control if his enemies in the army form a government. Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has been fighting the army for almost five months in a conflict that has wrecked the […]
Sudan’s military ruler Burhan begins tour as UN warns of war spreading
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Sudan’s military ruler has visited army bases near to the capital on his first trip away from Khartoum since an internal conflict broke out in April, as the United Nations warned that the war could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also intends […]
Sudan “spiralling out of control” as one million flee country – UN
Reuters More than a million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the capital […]
Islamists wield hidden hand in Sudan conflict, military sources say
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Thousands of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former President Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan’s war, three military sources and one intelligence source said, complicating efforts to end the bloodshed. The army and a paramilitary force have been battling […]
Essay: Chad on the brink – how the war in Sudan hurts its fragile neighbour
In an article first published on The Conversation, political scientist and expert in ethnic and religious conflict, HELGA DICKOW, looks at the strain the conflict in Sudan is putting on neighbouring Chad…
Sudanese warring factions to resume indirect talks as clashes intensify
Khartoum, SudanReuters Sudan’s warring military factions are restarting ceasefire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, as they clashed by air and on the ground in the capital Khartoum. The fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now in its eighth week, has caught civilians […]