Whatsapp Image 2024 05 10 At 12.28.24

The military, economic and humanitarian consequences of the RSF’s control of Mellit, North Darfur

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 […]

Read More
Whatsapp Image 2024 06 27 At 16.50.57

Sudan Conflict Monitor #14

Five things that matter now: Read the full monitor.

Read More
Whatsapp Image 2024 06 09 At 6.56.59 Am

A feminist perspective on conflict in Sudan

By Zeinab Abbas BadawiWriter and expert in the field of human rights and gender Reports on women’s experiences in the war are only the tip of the iceberg. This paper seeks to begin to deepen this conversation by highlighting some additional women’s experiences, to explore the impact of the conflict on women and to discuss the […]

Read More

Publications​


Cyanide

A Toxic Time Bomb: Messy Handling of Cyanide and Thiourea in Sudan 

Sudan’s Gold Curse, Briefing Paper No. 2 (August 29, 2023) Since April 15, 2023, the war in Sudan has further weakened the capacity and will of the government to control dangerous substances such as cyanide and thiourea which have already caused significant health and environmental damage and which has the potential to do more catastrophic...
Read more
Darfurdisplaced

Sudan Conflict Monitor #5

These are the top stories in this issue: ● Spreading war. Fighting is intensifying both in Khartoum and other key locations across the country.● The Islamist influence. Islamist leaders are conducting a recruitment campaign in eastern Sudan.● Mounting atrocities, sexual violence, and attacks on activists. Ongoing documentation efforts are showing targeting of civilians trying to...
Read more
Cropped White 1500x500 1.jpg

Sudanese Civil Society Declaration of Principles

(July 24, 2023) After months of tireless work to create a broad-based consensus with diverse components, a Sudanese coordination group reported that it had reached a joint declaration of principles agreed upon by dozens of civil society organization, trade unions, youth and women’s groups and resistance committees. They represent a broad spectrum inside and outside...
Read more
Warchest

Sanctions Hit Sudan’s War Chest but More is Needed to End the Bloody Conflict

The war that erupted on April 15 between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is devastating Sudan and its people, killing thousands, displacing an estimated 2.8 million and exposing 25 million Sudanese to hunger. What both belligerents thought would be a lightning campaign has turned into drawn-out urban warfare that has...
Read more
Goldandwar

Sudan’s Other War: The Place of Gold in War Economics

The Economic Impact of the War in Sudan No. 2 Since April 15, 2023, the war in Sudan has devastated the country and displaced its people, subjecting them to arbitrary killing, looting and deprivation of the most basic necessities of life. The main driver of this conflict is a war economy instilled under the kleptocratic rule of the Bashir...
Read more
International Criminal Court 2018

Time for the Security Council to Address Sudan’s Impunity

(July 12, 2023) Tomorrow, Thursday, July 13, 2023, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan will brief the UN Security Council on the progress of the International Criminal Court in Darfur. Although the prosecutor has been carrying out such briefings biannually since 2005, this time, he will be doing so against the backdrop of an ongoing tragedy in...
Read more
Cbank

The Banking System During and After the War: Challenges and Policy Recommendations

Since April 15, 2023, the war in Sudan has devastated the country. The deadly contest is primarily driven by a hidden war economy which was planted under, and grew in strength during, the kleptocratic rule of the Bashir regime and continued after to capture the vital sectors of the national economy in the transitional period. ...
Read more
Ls2

Sudan Conflict Monitor # 4

June 19, 2023 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the expanding war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights and justice lens. Bi-weekly, we try to capture the five most important stories in Sudan. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker...
Read more

Open letter on the situation in Sudan

Open Letter to the United Nations, African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, European Union and their member states, and other regional and international actors concerned about the situation in Sudan, including the US, UK, Canada, Egypt, and the Gulf Cooperation Council June 15, 2023 We, the undersigned organizations, write to alert you to the escalating...
Read more

When a Caretaker Government Goes Missing in Action, Shouldn’t a Crisis Government Be the Answer?

Munzoul A. M. Assal June 12, 2023 While war is raging in Sudan, there is a complete absence of government, especially in Khartoum. Sudan adopted a federal system of government in 1994 and, ideally, the states should be able to function independently of the center. But the April 15 war demonstrated that the federal system...
Read more

Scroll to Top