Stephanie Sy:
What began as a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the RSF, has escalated into a brutal civil war. Sudanese cities are the battlegrounds.
And while Sudan’s army is accused of war crimes, the paramilitary RSF is accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing. In March, the Sudan army took back the capital city of Khartoum, which was captured and held by the RSF for nearly two years. But, in April, the RSF declared a parallel government based in Darfur, a large region in Western Sudan of more than seven million people that has been the site of gross atrocities for two decades.
It is now largely controlled by the RSF, with the exception of the besieged El Fasher. Another hot spot in the conflict, Kordofan, has become a strategic crossroads for both sides in the conflict. The RSF killed dozens of people there in the last few weeks in one of the most deadly episodes of violence in this nearly-2.5-year conflict.
Adnan Hezam, International Committee of the Red Cross: International community, the world should be — not ignore what is happening now in Sudan, because every day there is further escalation.
