Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash A matter of months ago, an event at the Conduit Club in London examined whether the conflict in Sudan had been forgotten. With great passion, panellists reminded the audience that the conflict certainly had not been forgotten by the civilians suffering through it. But they conceded that it was…
Photo by Yusuf Yassir on Unsplash There is no denying that peace cannot come soon enough to the suffering Sudanese people. They have paid a huge price in the civil war that has raged across their country since 2023. But the question now is: What price will they pay for peace? Is any price payable?…
Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash Since the conflict in Sudan erupted on 15 April 2023, more than 150,000 people have died and 12 million have fled their homes in what the United Nations has called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. International peace efforts have failed to truly launch, due to the Sudanese Armed Forces…
Amidst the coverage of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) capturing of El-Fasher in late October, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth allegedly showing mass killings in Sudan. The image went viral, with over 15 million views to date. However, France 24, together with Benjamin Strick from the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), have…
Evidence is emerging that widely circulated images depicting atrocities in El-Fasher, Sudan, were generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and not authentic documentation of the conflict. The analysis from the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Agence France Presse has been focused on identifying images and footage that have received viral coverage as evidence of misconduct by the…
Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash The past week saw General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), commenting from Atbara on the prospects for peace in Sudan. He once again appeared to reject international initiatives for peace, the latest refusal in a two-year long saga of him rebuffing peace attempts, seemingly…
Photo by ali khodaverdi on Unsplash The leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan faces what Africa Intelligence calls a “politically toxic” situation, as he relies upon the 20,000 fighters of Islamist militia the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade to deliver territories such as Khartoum. Yet to try and win even a morsel…
The FRANCE 24 Observers team verified videos and photos documenting chemical weapons attacks by the Sudanese army. They were filmed in September 2024 at the al-Jaili oil refinery north of Khartoum, occupied at the time by the Rapid Support Forces militia. © Observers Leading French broadcaster France 24’s investigation into chemical weapon use in Sudan has confirmed…
Photo by the blowup on Unsplash Who knows if Sudan’s General Abdel Fatteh al-Burhan will be heading off to New York to address the UN General Assembly this week, but if he does, it will probably with his civilian prime minister, former UN official Kamil Idris, in tow. Will they have anything different to say…
Photo by Elize Bezuidenhout on Unsplash In the last days of August, Sudan’s two rival governments both held cabinet meetings which, in their different symbolisms, reflected very different visions for the future of their benighted country. Those different visions were best captured in the redesigned state coat of arms that hung on the wall behind…
