The World Must Act Now to End Sudan’s Devastating Conflict

The World Must Act Now to End Sudan’s Devastating Conflict

War broke out in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group that was once supported by the army but now competes with it for control. This conflict has received far less attention than those in Gaza, Ukraine, or recent developments in the transatlantic alliance.As of November 14, 2024, at least 61,000 people have been killed in Khartoum State, with 26,000 of those deaths d…

Hassan Lali/BBC When the devastating war in Sudan reached the Sarah Williams neighborhood in the capital Khartoum, the woman found herself and her children caught in an exchange of fire. Bullets broke through the walls of her house, buildings were burned, and power lines made fibs while they were cut. As she cradles her one-year-old son, Sarah recalls: “We were crawling on the floor, there was chaos...