Breaking Down The Conflict in Sudan
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🗓️ 12 May 2023
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Now, a conflict that started in the capital has spread across the country. At the center of this conflict is a bitter rivalry between two generals. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the country's military, and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sudan is Africa's third largest country, it shares a border with seven other countries in an already volatile region. The longer the conflict drags on, the greater the risk that it could erupt into a civil war - and the greater the danger that the conflict could spill over into surrounding countries.
NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Africa correspondent Emanuel Akinwotu, Middle East correspondent Aya Batrawy, and Michele Kelemen who covers the U.S. State Department.
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| 0:00.0 | A bout a month ago, fighting erupted in Sudan. |
| 0:11.6 | Destroy grabbed headlines, but I'd meant even as someone who spends a lot of time consuming |
| 0:16.7 | international news, it seemed complicated to understand why exactly this conflict had |
| 0:22.5 | started. |
| 0:23.5 | Ultimately, the way I've come to understand it is that this conflict is a power struggle |
| 0:27.8 | between two opposing military leaders. |
| 0:30.8 | To men, fighting over who will ultimately control the country and its wealth of resources. |
| 0:36.2 | The warring factions are led by Sudan's de facto military leader, General Abdul Fata' |
| 0:41.2 | Al-Burhan, and his former deputy, Muhammad Hamdan the Galo, better known as Hameti. |
| 0:46.6 | He's the head of the rapid support forces, or the RSF. |
| 0:50.2 | And neither leader wants to seed control to a civilian government. |
| 0:54.0 | The fighting began about a month ago, and it's quickly become a story of broken seas fires, |
| 0:59.5 | constant clashes, mass displacement, and an exodus of refugees. |
| 1:04.3 | Fighting that began in the capital Khartoum has now spread across the country. |
| 1:10.4 | Consider this. |
| 1:11.7 | Over 600 people have died. |
| 1:14.2 | Thousands more are injured, and people are fleeing Sudan in droves. |
| 1:18.1 | And there are fears that this conflict could spread to other countries in what is already |
| 1:22.1 | a volatile region. |
| 1:23.5 | We talk to three of NPR's correspondents to help us understand what's at stake for |
| 1:27.6 | sub-Saharan Africa and for the world. |
| 1:34.2 | From NPR, I must m'ahalid. |
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