Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
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Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Sudanese protesters in Khartoum.
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An African-led process would take into account complex regional dynamics – which would lead to a better and more stable peace agreement.
Smoke billows above residential buildings in Khartoum, Sudan, in April 2023.
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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.
Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions.
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Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
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Sudan’s neighbours are urging restraint, favouring more business, less war. Both generals are aware the longer the situation goes on, the more unsustainable it will become.
On the streets: protesters mass in Khartoum on October 30.
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The military takeover and arrest of activists may well bring Sudan’s divided opposition together.
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Nation-building is hard, but the alternative is worse. In the wake of Sudan’s coup, the rest of the world needs to act fast, before it is too late.
Crowds gather to protest the coup in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
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Sudan has needed and will require compromise and principled political goodwill to realise a difficult transition from military rule.