Nowhere to run? Sudan civil war pushes Darfur to the brink

François PICARD | Rebecca GNIGNATI | Andrew HILLIAR | Gérard PRUNIER | Gaffar MOHAMMUD SAENEEN | Claire SAN FILIPPO | Dallia ABDELMONEIM

Edité par France 24 - 2024

We ask about the dire situation there, the spillover effect everywhere from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa and the discreet backers who make this nightmare possible. Rival sides found themselves at the same table at this week’s BRICS summit in Russia. With the West helpless elsewhere, what can be done to stop Sudan's wanton destruction and put its revolution of 2021 back on track?

Produced by Andrew Hilliar, Rebecca Gnignati and Annarosa Zampaglione. 

Note
  • Far from the war in Ukraine and the multiple fronts in the Middle East, a power grab between feuding coup leaders rages on. Since April 2023, Sudan has descended into a full-blown civil war where momentum has swung several times and may be doing so again. The government forces of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan are trying to recapture the whole of the capital. Meanwhile, a senior general has switched sides, defecting from the Rapid Support Forces of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemedti, who has laid siege to the last major city beyond his reach inside his native Darfur.

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
24/10/2024
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Gérard PRUNIER Historian
Gaffar MOHAMMUD SAENEEN Human Rights Activist
Claire SAN FILIPPO Emergency Coordinator for MSF
Dallia ABDELMONEIM Sudanese political analyst

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