A Sudanese refugee carries her son as they arrive in Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, in May 2023. Sudan has been torn by civil war for more than a year, resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
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By capping immigration applications from Sudanese people fleeing the civil war at 3,250, and limiting eligibility to Sudanese with family in Canada, the federal government is leaving millions behind.
Supporters of the Sudanese armed popular resistance, which backs the army, raise weapons during a meeting in January 2024.
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Peace in Sudan requires a focus on the concerns of historically marginalised populations in conflict zones.
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 army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits a marine base in Port Sudan on 28 August 2023.
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Sudan Armed Forces have made a series of military and political blunders that could hasten the collapse of the state.
Mohamed Dagalo (R) and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) in 2021.
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The African Union has several reasons to get involved in Sudan’s peace process.
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The Sudanese state today betrays its history as a plunder state on the margins of the global order.
People fleeing war-torn Sudan on 13 May 2023.
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A spiralling Sudan will affect peace and security in the Lake Chad Basin region, of which Nigeria is a member.
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 rises from Sudan’s capital as conflict grips Khartoum.
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Both residents and Sudanese in the diaspora invested in homes to secure the future. Now the conflict is destroying hope.
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.
Civilians protest in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, in December 2022.
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Sudan’s civilian protesters have gained a form of political power that traditional elites have struggled to attain.
The raging conflict in Khartoum could negatively affect trade flows through Port Sudan to the rest of the world.
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Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries
Saudi security officers stand guard off the seaport of Port Sudan in April 2023.
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There is a risk that Sudan’s conflict could spill over into neighbouring countries.
The opening of a hydro-electric dam on the Nile River at Merowe, north of Khartoum, in 2009.
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The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
Sudanese in Khartoum protest the 2021 military coup that blocked a transition to civilian rule.
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Omar al-Bashir fell in 2019, but his military successors have preserved much of the authoritarian infrastructure of his regime.
Sudan army soldiers are fighting a rival paramilitary group.
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Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”
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Hemedti ably used his commercial acumen and military prowess to build his militia into a force more powerful than the waning Sudanese state.
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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.
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (foreground centre) and Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right) tour the armed forces general command in Khartoum.
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Competing visions of Sudan’s future are coming to a head with the democratic aspirations of millions hanging in the balance.
Leader of Sudan’s transitional council, Lieutenant General Abdel-Fattah Burhan.
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There are concerns that the transition to civilian rule in Sudan won’t be smooth.