The combat could quickly slide into a sustained war that risks rippling through the country’s restive peripheries into its neighbours. Thus, when Sudan’s popular uprising ousted Bashir in 2019, the army and RSF needed to collaborate in seizing power. The rivalry showed even more signs of strain after Burhan and Hemedti deposed the civilian government in an October 2021 coup. The hostilities have pushed the country toward the full-blown civil war Sudanese have dreaded for years. The hostilities between the army and RSF have pushed the country toward the full-blown civil war Sudanese have dreaded for years.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 21, 2023 17:43 UTC