As the civil war enters its second year, Sudan’s two warring parties—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—remain locked in a deadly…
The army's defeat in such a strategically significant clash could leave a powerful militia in full control of the country's western regions, give it supply lines, and leave millions facing atrocities.
The RSF—a militia behind a series of war crimes in western Sudan—is preparing to storm the final area of Darfur, where thousands are sheltering. Contrary to RSF spin, the UN warns of massacres.
The world remains distracted by other conflicts and crisis, but with this large African country on the brink of famine and no end in sight to the fighting, there are warnings that Sudan could splinter
From the arming of tribes to protect goat herders to the rise of the RSF, who are currently fighting the military, Al Majalla sheds light on Sudan's endemic militia problem.
An accord between one of the warring generals and a former civilian prime minister may have at first appeared positive, but in fact, makes a path to peace more treacherous.
Amid fevered talk of a first face-to-face between Al-Burhan and Hemedti since they took the country to war, Sudanese hopes of a breakthrough towards a lasting calm have been rekindled.
After nabbing the 2023 Cannes Film Festival's Freedom Prize, Mohamed Kordofani's feature film debut will be Sudan's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
Darfur is part of a more intricate conflict involving the region's armed groups, complicated by their relationship with the army, the central authority, and neighbouring countries in the region.
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.