The latest effort shows potential for a temporary humanitarian pause rather than a lasting political settlement.
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The civil war is often described as an ethnic or tribal conflict. But it’s more complicated than that.
After rebel fighters captured a major city in Darfur last week, alarming reports emerged of massacres and sexual violence targeting the region’s Black population.
As fighting escalates in Sudan, the latest peace efforts seem unlikely to achieve more than a fragile ceasefire.
It has taken over 20 years, and the ICC is under intense pressure, but this week’s conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman is a major win for international law.
The creation of a parallel government risks cementing a permanent division of Sudan.
The longer the Sudan war drags on, the higher the risk of fragmentation – turning one conflict into many.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have died during the 3-year conflict, with more than 14 million displaced.
The work of estimating conflict mortality is difficult. But that doesn’t make this grim exercise, nor accounting for the broader effects of conflict, any less critical.
Negotiating peace is not a matter of following a simple recipe; it rarely has well-defined stages.
Sudan is the site of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with around 25 million people in need of urgent assistance.
El Fasher is experiencing a humanitarian crisis, with the Rapid Support Forces encircling the city, preventing civilian escape.
In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
Peace in Sudan requires a focus on the concerns of historically marginalised populations in conflict zones.
The Sudanese state today betrays its history as a plunder state on the margins of the global order.
The interplay between diversity and urban planning in Sudan has created vibrant cityscapes, but also led to segregation and division.
The ongoing war in Sudan poses security, humanitarian, political and economic challenges for Chad.
The failure to hold the perpetrators of the Darfur genocide accountable has led to further instability in Sudan.
The Sudan army’s superiority is in its air force and arsenal of ground forces while the rival paramilitary force relies on nimble mobile units.
There is a risk that Sudan’s conflict could spill over into neighbouring countries.
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