Sudanese refugees in a camp for displaced families in al-Fasher, capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, on Oct. 27, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Jamal/Reuters)
More than 150,000 people have been killed and 15 million have been displaced since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023. The conflict, fought between the Sudanese army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo (known as Hemedti), has produced what the United Nations calls "the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II."The war portrays a struggle for power and control of resources in a country where both sides exploit long-standing feuds and hatreds rooted in decades of social, regional and ethnic discrimination. Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has experienced nearly 35 coups or coup attempts. A rebellion that lasted more than five decades in the predominantly Christian and non-Arab south challenged Khartoum’s vision of an...
More than 150,000 people have been killed and 15 million have been displaced since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023. The conflict, fought between the Sudanese army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo (known as Hemedti), has produced what the United Nations calls "the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II."The war portrays a struggle for power and control of resources in a country where both sides exploit long-standing feuds and hatreds rooted in decades of social, regional and ethnic discrimination. Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has experienced nearly 35 coups or coup attempts. A rebellion that lasted more than five decades in the predominantly Christian and non-Arab south challenged Khartoum’s vision of...
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