The RSF has leveraged a combination of territorial control and family-based corporate networks to create one of the richest statelets in existence, with geopolitical weight that extends far beyond Sudan’s borders.

The highly personalized nature of the Eritrea regime has allowed Isaias Afwerki to remain in power for decades, but there’s neither a plan nor an institutional mechanism to stabilize the country when he passes away.

Renewed US–Saudi alignment, a structured Quad framework, and consistent behind-the-scenes diplomatic are fueling hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the Sudan civil war. But the odds remain stacked against peace.

Both the SAF and RSF may accept a short-term truce owing to international pressure or tactical regrouping, but neither will make the concessions required for lasting peace. The current partition of Sudan is here to stay.

The fall of El Fasher was more than another battle lost. It marked the moment a war began to redraw Sudan’s map and, in many ways, its meaning.

Drone warfare continues to evolve in Sudan in ways that blur culpability and maximize civilian suffering, ultimately putting an end to the civil war further out-of-sight.

The Sudanese Armed Forces have recently seized the initiative in the battle for Khartoum, but an end to one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts remains as elusive as ever.

Examining the nexus of violence and famine that fuels the Sudan civil war.

The Sudan civil war is increasingly drawing in extra-regional powers and spilling its borders, imperiling the stability of vulnerable states in the region.

The UAE has become increasingly active in African geopolitics as it looks to ensure domestic food security and secure critical supply chains.

Largely unnoticed by global headlines or great powers, the Sudan civil war has devolved into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Failed US-led peace talks in Geneva illustrate the difficulties in ending the bloody Sudan civil war absent newfound political will from regional and global powers.

The final act in the Rapid Support Forces’ takeover of Darfur could be the bloodiest.

Prospects for peace remain bleak in Sudan as both sides increasingly view a decisive military victory as the only acceptable outcome.

Examining the complex geopolitical and domestic issues at stake for Egypt as Sudan hurdles toward civil war.

Recent border clashes in the disputed region of al-Fashaqa risk triggering a wider regional war.

Examining internal and external forces at work in the latest military coup in Sudan.

Weeks after paramilitaries unleashed a wave of brutality on Khartoum, Sudan’s civilian protest movement does not appear to be losing any momentum.

Sudan’s military leaders have swapped words for bullets in their ongoing effort to remain at the apex of Sudanese politics.

The fall of al-Bashir will resonate not just in Sudan, but South Sudan as well.