Sudan has been at war since April 2023.
This war, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has displaced about 14 million of the country's population of 51 million.
There are no official mortality figures, but aid agencies have told Middle East Eye that the death toll could be over 200,000.
Before the war began, the RSF was part of the same military as the SAF. But the two entities had different sources of wealth and power - during the war, the RSF has relied on the support of the United Arab Emirates, which supplies the Sudanese paramilitary through routes that run through Somalia's Bosaso, Libya and Chad.
The army and the RSF also have different commanders.
