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When I visited Sudan in 2006 as the leader of the Gondwanaland Expedition, the civil war in the South had ground to its bloody conclusion. However, wholesale genocide was taking place in the western part of the country, in the Darfur region.
Sudan has yet gain slipped into a civil war, costing hundreds of lives and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee the country. Fighting the war are two generals - Abdel Fattah Burhan of the Sudan's Armed Forces and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the Rapid Support Forces. This piece explains the background of this extraordinarily complex conflict and discusses its potential implications for the region and beyond. Bringing both military leaders to a negotiating table must now be the highest priority.
Darfur’s al-Geneina is the other region adversely impacted due to the conflict along with capital Khartoum
In his 30 years of rule, what Omar al-Bashir left behind was a legacy of economic ruin, human rights violations, suppression of civil society and international isolation of Sudan.
Countries that prefer peace to chaos should hope for a quick army victory over the RSF.