Publications​

May 27, 2024 By Gill Lusk The political vacuum has swelled and the Islamist civilian and army leaders are trying their utmost to fill it.  Yet this space should rightly be filled, and filled to overflowing, by the civilian alternative, the Coordination of Civilian Democratic Forces, known as Taqaddum, and the peace and justice of...

Security developments – Fighting continues in the capital, the Kordofans and Gezira while both warring parties amass troops in the El Fasher area. Political developments – Civil actors continue to organize in various international capitals while the warring parties try to set up their own civilian administrations. Humanitarian developments – Aid access and low funding...

On April 14, 2024, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), engaged in conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 15, 2023, seized control of Mellit, a town situated approximately 60 km from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. Mellit holds strategic significance as it sits at a pivotal junction linking El Fasher to...

By Suliman Baldo As regional and sub-regional initiatives to end the war in Sudan wobble, it is becomingclear that without urgent inter-national intervention, Sudan’s ongoing war is on a trajectory to ward complete state collapse and the permanent displacement of an entire society. Read the full article in Atar magazine here...

The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens, reflecting on the most important stories in the country. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub, and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker In this issue: Read the full monitor...

As the war in Sudan continues, the positioning of regional leaders like Malik Agar in Blue Nile and Minni Minawi and Gibril ibrahim in Darfur, plays an ever more critical role. Agar has sided with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the ongoing war and recently formed a new...

(March 18, 2024) Chad is both impacting, and impacted by, the ongoing war in Sudan. The war has sent large numbers of refugees from Sudan’s Darfur into Chad. At the same time, Chad is coming out of a transition in power from Idriss to Mahmat Deby in 2021, which has impacted Chad in ways that...

March 12, 2024 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens, reflecting on the most important stories in the country. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub, and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker These are the top...

In early November 2023, El Fasher, the historical capital of the Greater Darfur region and the capital of the current North Darfur State, stood on the brink of a major battle for control by the warring parties. This possibility raised international concern about significant human casualties and new waves of displacement both of the city’s...

February 16, 2024 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the expanding war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens, reflecting on the most important stories in Sudan. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker These are the top stories in this issue: Read the...