After several days of escalating tensions, an open military conflict eventually erupted last week between Sudan's army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Both groups were once close allies, working together to oust former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and seize control of the country a couple of years later.
But things started turning sour, thereafter, over a number of reasons, including opposing opinions on integrating the RSF into the military and even a sensitive plan for a transition to civilian rule. More than 410 people have been killed in the latest conflict, with dozens of hospitals getting 'out of service' and scores of people getting trapped in their houses.
Essential supplies are depleting. Only
a handful of humanitarian organisations are currently operating in full force
in Sudan. Several countries, including Germany, South Korea, and the US, are
searching for effective ways to evacuate their embassy staff. Ceasefires aren't
holding long, even the latest one to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.