Sudan

A breakdown of Sudan's rich resources and the mounting obstacles preventing its economy from getting back on track

A novelist who decried military rule, tracing it to the country's colonial roots, and a poet showing how tyranny destroys itself both resonate afresh as conflict rages in their homeland once more  

Fighting from Khartoum to Darfur endangers hard-won international support for economic development in one of the world's poorest countries. And there may be worse to come for the Sudanese people.

In early 1991, the late Sudanese writer Tayyeb Saleh penned an essay for Al Majalla lamenting the conditions of his country. We have decided to republish it today as it resonates with current events.

Sudanese intellectuals weigh in on the roots of the conflict and prospects for the future

Known for avoiding politics, the man from the Nile River state insists on only one army in the country. That has set up a clash with a rival leader known as Hemedti and a delay to civilian rule.

One of the main reasons for the dispute is the civilian demand to have oversight of the military and the integration of the quasi-military RSF

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo's rise from humble Darfur origins to national prominence leaves his RSF militia in conflict with the army for full control

The current dispute over the integration of military forces is a serious threat to a final political resolution and transition to civilian rule

UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes says that civilians and the military have come to the realisation that they must talk to each other and cooperate to move the country forward