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Recent media reports have drawn renewed attention to the regional dimensions of the war in Sudan, linking military training camps in Somalia to the deployment of new fighters to the conflict.
The conflict erupted on April 15, 2023, following a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti.
The war has killed an estimated 50,000 to more than 400,000 people through direct violence, disease and malnutrition. More than 21.2 million people face acute food insecurity, famine has been recorded in parts of Darfur, and more than 70 per cent of hospitals have been destroyed or rendered non-functional.
More than 14 million people have been displaced, including about 9 million internally displaced persons and more than 4.5 million refugees. Overall, 33.7 million people, about two-thirds of Sudan’s population, require humanitarian assistance.
