By Isabella Rose Capulong
The war of Sudan first started in April 2023 and is still ongoing to this day. It has stayed the same with all of the conflicts that are going on with Sudan’s war. They are currently having an ongoing war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Sudan is in north-east Africa and is one of the largest countries on the continent, covering 1.9 million sq km. It borders seven countries and the Red Sea. The River Nile also flows through it, making it strategically important for foreign powers.
The population of Sudan is predominantly Muslim and the country’s official languages are Arabic and English. Even before the war started, Sudan was one of the poorest countries in the world – despite the fact that it is a gold-producing nation.
Sudan plunged into a civil war in April 2023 after a vicious struggle for power broke out between its army and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
It has led to a famine and claims of a genocide in the western Darfur region – with fears for the residents of city of el-Fasher after it was recently captured by the RSF.
More than 150,000 people have died in the conflict across the country, and about 12 million have fled their homes in what the United Nations has called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis due to the war and killing of innocent people.
You may be asking who the RSF fighters are, they are the fighters who are trying to run over Sudan and were formed in 2013. Its has origins in the notorious Janjaweed militia that brutally fought rebels in Darfur, where they were accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the region’s black African, non-Arab population.
Although it wasn’t The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intention to “ruin” Sudan as a goal in itself, but rather are engaged in a brutal power struggle with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of the country, its government, and its valuable resources, particularly gold. The resulting civil war has led to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and widespread destruction
There have been many problems that have been happening in Sudan, like the war being a main problem, it’s a problem because of the unfairness from the power and how Sudan is getting controlled by the RSF. Another problem that they are facing is the bloody sands due to the mass murder.
The blood on the sand is caused by the RSF killing innocent people in Sudan, but they end up dropping the bodies off in the middle of nowhere causing the sand to turn red from the blood the bodies leave.
ABCnews says that “Blood visible from space in Sudan shows evidence of Darfur genocide.” The RSF has been accused of genocide due to their action against certain people.
Its 46 million people were living on an average annual income of $750 (£600) a head in 2022.
The conflict has made things much worse. Last year, Sudan’s finance minister said state revenues had shrunk by 80%.
The population in Sudan continues to decrease due to its war ever since April 2023. Sudan has lost 60% of its population and most likely more as you are reading this article.
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