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Apr
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s year-old war: The build-up and the turmoil

Sudan’s year-old war: The build-up and the turmoil

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
SUDAN is now a year into a war between rival military factions that has killed thousands, forced millions to flee and created a humanitarian catastrophe. Below is a timeline of the events that led up to the conflict and the turmoil that followed: THE BUILD-UP Dec. 19, 2018 - Hundreds protest in the northern city of Atbara against soaring bread prices. Demonstrations spurred by a broader economic crisis soon spread to Khartoum and other cities. Security services respond with tear gas and gunfire. April 6, 2019 - Hundreds of thousands begin a sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum. Five days later the…
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Apr
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Who is fighting in Sudan?

Who is fighting in Sudan?

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
HERE are some facts about Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group which have been fighting each other for a year, devastating their country, reigniting ethnically-targeted killings in Darfur and displacing millions. The factions, uneasy partners in the toppling of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019 and the overthrow of a civilian-led government in 2021, clashed as they competed to protect their interests in a planned political transition. THE ARMY Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan stands at the podium during a ceremony to sign the framework agreement between military rulers and civilian powers in Khartoum, Sudan December 5, 2022.…
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Apr
13
2024
By AIDAN LEWIS
Sudan’s conflict: Who is backing the rival commanders?

Sudan’s conflict: Who is backing the rival commanders?

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
AS a devastating conflict has unfolded across Sudan over the past year, the country's military rivals have sought support from foreign backers as they try to tip the contest in their favour. That backing risks widening and prolonging the war between the Sudanese armed forces, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti. The influence of outside players has loomed over events in Sudan since the overthrow of former leader Omar al-Bashir during a popular uprising five years ago. WHO SUPPORTS BURHAN? Burhan's clearest ally has been Egypt, which shares a border with…
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Sep
24
2023
By DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS and KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan’s army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war

Sudan’s army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war

NEWS
SUDAN's army chief said that 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 had asked neighbouring states to stop sending mercenaries in support of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). War between the army and the RSF broke out in mid-April over plans for a political transition and the integration of the RSF into the army, four years after long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir…
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Jun
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: No end of clashes in sight

Sudan: No end of clashes in sight

NEWS
SUDAN'S warring military factions are restarting ceasefire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported, 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 in the crossfire, cutting off their access to basic services, and spreading lawlessness. Saudi Arabia and the United States had brokered talks that had led to imperfectly-observed ceasefires with the aim of providing humanitarian assistance. But talks collapsed last week after the mediators said there had been numerous serious…
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May
06
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Veteran soldier leads Sudan’s army against rival general

Veteran soldier leads Sudan’s army against rival general

NEWS
GENERAL Abdel Fattah al-Burhan pledged to take Sudan to civilian rule, but after going to war last month with his former partner in a military coup, that looks like a distant promise. As his warplanes rain strikes on the capital and his troops battle the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of rival general Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, Burhan has shown no inclination to compromise. "There is no other option but the military solution," he said five days into fighting that he was believed to be initially directing from a presidential guesthouse near the airport. The war comes after Burhan…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

NEWS
EL TAYEB SIDDIG and NAFISA ELTAHIR AIR strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire, prompting more civilians to flee and renewed warnings of wider instability if the war is not stopped. By Saturday evening, heavy clashes could be heard near downtown Khartoum, close to the army headquarters and the presidential palace. In one of the latest efforts by foreign governments to evacuate their citizens and others, a U.S.-government organised convoy arrived at the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on Saturday, evacuating U.S. citizens, local staff and…
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Apr
28
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NADINE AWADALLA
Sudan fighting flares but military approves ceasefire extension

Sudan fighting flares but military approves ceasefire extension

NEWS
SUDAN'S army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum's outskirts, undermining a truce in their 11-day conflict, but the army expressed willingness to extend the ceasefire. The army late on Wednesday said its leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, gave initial approval to a plan to extend the truce for another 72 hours and send an army envoy to the South Sudan capital, Juba, for talks. The Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) previously agreed to a three-day ceasefire that was due to expire late on Thursday. There was no immediate response from the RSF to the proposal…
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Apr
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Explainer: Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

Explainer: Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

NEWS
A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to conflict. But this time fighting is tearing apart the capital instead of a remote corner of a nation, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, Sahel and Horn of Africa. Five of Sudan's seven neighbours - Ethiopia, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya and South Sudan - have faced political…
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Apr
22
2023
By The African Mirror
SUDAN: UN chief calls for three-day ceasefire

SUDAN: UN chief calls for three-day ceasefire

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Sudan's warring factions to observe a ceasefire over the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday to allow civilians to reach safe areas as rival forces battled for a sixth day. Thousands of civilians streamed out of the capital Khartoum as gunfire and explosions sounded. Large numbers also crossed into Chad to flee fighting in the western region of Darfur. The United States said it was sending more troops to the region in the event that it decided to evacuate its embassy in Khartoum. Guterres and senior officials from the U.S., Saudi…
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