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Vol 66 No 1

Published 10th January 2025


Sudan

Region will be key in bid to end war

Without serious pressure on the war’s sponsors, the fighting could drag on, perhaps leading to national partition

After 20 months of fighting, the dynamics of Sudan’s war are changing. Clashes in many of the most populated areas are slowing down because sides are trying to consolidate. Many fear a de facto partition could be the next stage. Fighting in Darfur and Kordofan will continue but not on the scale of the total war after April 2023. With access to weapons from Egypt, Iran, Russia and Turkey, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has been recovering ground it lost to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti’.

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