Students of the Faculty of Technology Science of the University of El Geneina, West Darfur, working at the computer lab. Image by UNAMID from Flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED ) On April 15, 2023, the people of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum , woke up early in the morning to the loud sounds of heavy gunfire and explosions. They were caused by clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force which was established during the era of the ousted president, Omer al-Bashir . The conflict erupted over a power struggle between the SAF chief commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan , and the RSF chief commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also called Hemedti . The efforts of the political forces to evade an armed conflict failed as they were preparing the framework agreement which aimed to unify the armed forces in Sudan into one professional army. According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), this war resulted in 9,000 deaths by October 6 . The ongoing conflict has caused security concerns for public workers, leading to instability in the delivery of basic services, including food, water, health, power, and telecommunications. The ramifications […]
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