Category: Sudan

  • Solider with his back turned to the camera standing in the Sudan desert with a riffle over his shoulder standing into the distance.

    Sudan’s Civil War: Local Drivers and External Influence

    The fall of El-Fashir on October 26, 2025 marked a turning point in Sudan’s civil war waged since April 2023. After an eighteen-month siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the last major stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Darfur and immediately carried out mass killings against unarmed civilians, including the reported execution […]
    Amad Mohamed and Adair O’Brien/
    December 4, 2025
  • Gathering of men dressed in white listening to a male speaker in the Sudanese desert.

    Political Islam and State Fragility in Sudan: A Nation on the Brink

    The United Nations has described the current crisis in Sudan as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The war that erupted on 15 April 2023 in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in famine and allegations of genocide in the western Darfur region. […]
    Alam Talib/
    December 4, 2025
  • The Ethio-Sudan boundary: what’s next?

    Ethiopia and Sudan share a boundary of over 1,600 km, series of negotiations and treaties between the colonial powers of Britain and Italy with the Ethiopian government. The people of Ethiopia and Sudan have had good relations for generations, but the demarcation of the boundary has remained a bone of contention between them due to […]
    Mulatu Wubneh, East Carolina University/
    May 22, 2024