Listen to the podcast (transcript available as well) by clicking below. Rebecca is also a member of Just Security’s Editorial Board. But before that, she covered Sudan as a reporter for the Washington Post. Rebecca is a law professor at American University. Suliman is the Executive Director of the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker, an organization that develops investigation and analysis of corruption in Sudan, led by Sudanese voices. He has over a decade of experience working on human rights and peacebuilding in Sudan and East Africa. Quscondy is a Senior Regional Advisor at the nonprofit organization Freedom House. To help us understand the conflict, what it means for the people of Sudan, and how it will impact the region, we have Quscondy Abdulshafi, Suliman Baldo, and Rebeca Hamilton. The latest fighting is a clash between two men, but it’s also the latest chapter in Sudan’s long fight for freedom. And in 2021, they toppled the civilian government for military rule. In 2019, they teamed up to remove the country’s long-time President Omar al-Bashir from power. But until now, they’ve been on the same side. Mohamed Hamdan, better known as Hemedti, and his paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are fighting with Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, who leads the Sudanese Armed Forces.įor years, Burhan and Hemedti have wrestled for power and control of Sudan. As fighting in Sudan enters its third week, rival generals have turned the country’s capital, Khartoum, into a warzone.
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