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Sep
03
2024
By HARRY VERHOEVEN
Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
IT is now 10 months since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group. The war, which erupted after relations between the two wings of Sudan’s security apparatus broke down, rapidly spread beyond the capital, Khartoum. More recently, the Sudan Armed Forces have suffered numerous setbacks at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces. For months, army units have struggled to break their grip on much of the capital. The Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias have overrun most of Darfur and swathes…
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Jul
22
2024
By FEDERICO MANFREDI FIRMIAN
How militia groups capture states and ruin countries: the case of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

How militia groups capture states and ruin countries: the case of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

NEWS
THE rise of Sudan’s most notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, shows how armed groups can infiltrate state institutions – often with disastrous results for society. Sudan’s central government created the Rapid Support Forces in 2013 as dictator Omar al-Bashir’s private protection detail. The group has now become a predator seeking to gain control of Sudan. Sudan’s war broke out in April 2023 when the military tried to subdue the Rapid Support Forces. Since then, fighting has ravaged much of the country, including the capital Khartoum. At least 15,500 people had been killed by June 2024. More than 6…
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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
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Families in Sudan divided by rival military factions

Families in Sudan divided by rival military factions

NEWS
AS Sudan fell apart this month in pitched battles between warring military factions, Mohamed Jally's family in the vast desert region of Darfur was itself torn in two, with a brother fighting on each side. Although the brothers are not presently fighting in the same place, Jally fears the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group will eventually pitch them against each other. "It definitely feels really bad having one of my brothers fighting with the army and the other with the RSF, both on the frontlines," said Jally, a banker. "I pray to God…
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Apr
14
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR
Sudan’s army says paramilitary mobilisation risks confrontation

Sudan’s army says paramilitary mobilisation risks confrontation

NEWS
SUDAN'S army warned of a risk of confrontation after mobilisations by a powerful paramilitary group, underlining growing strains between the rival forces and a potential complication in moves to restore civilian rule. It could spell prolonged strife across a vast country already dealing with economic breakdown and flare-ups of tribal violence. The mobilisation by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo represented a "clear violation of law," the army said in a rare comment on a dispute that has hampered a planned transition to democracy. "These movements and deployments happened without the agreement of the leadership of the…
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