Is controlling el-Fasher a game-changer in Sudan's war?
Is controlling el-Fasher a game-changer in Sudan’s war?
Sudan’s army says it’s pulled out of el-Fasher in North Darfur state.
For more than two years, Sudan has been locked in a bloody conflict between its military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
And this week, the RSF wrestled control of the strategic city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under siege by RSF forces for months.
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With the group now in control of the city, and the army in charge of the capital Khartoum, is there a risk that Sudan could break up?
And who will protect the hundreds of thousands of civilians in the line of fire?
Presenter: Bernard Smith
Guests:
Caroline Bouvard – Country director of the Sudan mission of Solidarites International
Alex de Waal – Executive director of the World Peace Foundation
Dallia Abdelmoneim – Political commentator and a former Khartoum resident who was forced to flee