In 2019, the cries of "freedom, peace, and justice" resound in a Sudan muffled by more than 30 years of Islamic dictatorship. The revolution is launched. Across the countries, young revolutionaries take to the streets, quickly shattering Omar al-Bashir's breathless rule.
Four years later, the clamor of the people is drowned out by the sound of bullets and bombs. An internal power struggle between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, head of the Sudanese army, and General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, known as "Hemedti," head of the Rapid Support Forces, ravages the country.
Civilians are the first victims of this war of generals. After more than 16 months, the conflict has claimed more than 150,000 lives, forcing more than 8 million Sudanese to flee their homes. And famine looms. One in two Sudanese faces acute hunger, a situation that is set to worsen as the fighting disrupts the agricultural season in the fertile southeast.
Despite being one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, the war in Sudan is one of the least documented conflicts—a combination of media disinterest and obstacles put up by the belligerents. The international community, for its part, observes without intervening to stop the country's destruction. Yet, both the scale and the outcome of this war will impact Sudan and the region for years to come. From the community kitchens where activists prepare daily meals for the most vulnerable, to the doctors in the few hospitals that are still active, thousands of Sudanese refuse to stand idly by.
