Sudan

US Soft Intervention in One of The World’s Hardest Conflicts

Dave Maxwell — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:47:30 +0000

US Soft Intervention in One of The World’s Hardest Conflicts

The civil war in Sudan has produced mass displacement, famine, tales of systematic rape and ethnic killing. The numbers suggest the scale of suffering: 10 million displaced, 25.6 million facing acute hunger, and casualty counts exceeding 20,000 killed and 33,000 injured. The civil war represents more than a domestic tragedy. It has become a battleground for global and regional powers, each advancing their own agendas at the expense of the Sudanese people. Central to the conflict is a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which stems from the former Islamist regime of Omar al-Bashir, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the modern successor of militias responsible for atrocities in Darfur (currently engaging in fighting the Houthis in Yemen).

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What Happens When Sudan is Removed from the U.S. Terror List?

SWJED — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:31:49 +0000

What Happens When Sudan is Removed from the U.S. Terror List? SWJED Sat, 02/08/2020 - 8:31am

Its been nearly a year since Sudan’s longtime dictator, Omar al-Bashir, was ousted from power. As the country moves to transition to democracy, its civilian government and Sudanese civil society have called on the U.S. government to remove Khartoum from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list. The Sentry’s Hilary Mossberg and John Prendergast recently argued that although delisting is an important for Sudan’s transition, it is just one of multiple steps needed—from both the U.S. and Sudan—in order for pro-democracy forces to achieve their goals.

Sudan’s Mercenary Foreign Policy Repeats the Mistakes of the Past

SWJED — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:31:21 +0000

Sudan’s Mercenary Foreign Policy Repeats the Mistakes of the Past SWJED Fri, 09/13/2019 - 7:31pm

Sudan has begun to send thousands of soldiers next door to Libya to shore up renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s failing siege of Tripoli. The move, believed to be bankrolled by United Arab Emirates (UAE), marks a new phase in Sudan’s post-Bashir foreign policy that further defines the feared mercenary paramilitary, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as a bartering chip and proxy army for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, first in Yemen, and now Libya.

Sudan: African Sequel to the Arab Spring?

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:25:00 +0000

Sudan: African Sequel to the Arab Spring? Peter J. Munson Fri, 03/29/2013 - 3:25am

Sudan is the Sub-Saharan country that most resembles those of North Africa, with its shared religion, culture, and language. Will the Arab Spring blow south?

Towards the Abolition of African Official Armies

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:05:35 +0000

Towards the Abolition of African Official Armies

Maintaining official armies in Africa makes little security, political or economic sense. The continent will do better without them altogether

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Somewhere Between Civil War and Regime Transition: The Responsibility to Protect Response to Libya and Syria

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:41:04 +0000

Somewhere Between Civil War and Regime Transition: The Responsibility to Protect Response to Libya and Syria Peter J. Munson Tue, 06/12/2012 - 5:41am

R2P, its historical roots, applications, and its confrontation with the "wicked" problems in Libya and Syria.