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The State Of The Civil War In Sudan

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The civil war in Sudan has claimed the lives of some 150,000 people.

From the outside looking in, the story of the war is one of two competing generals, foreign involvement complicating matters, and mass casualties among the innocent.

Now, following a massacre in the city of El Fasher, the rebels have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire proposed by the Quad — a group of group of four countries including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. But for how long will it hold?

We discuss the latest on the conflict in Sudan and the humanitarian crisis. What is the international community doing to help (or hurt) the situation?

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0:32.1

The violence of Sudan's civil war continues to escalate.

0:36.6

50 or 60 people in a single street or 10 or 20 people.

0:37.4

They kill them. Then they would go to the next

0:39.0

street. And again, that's the massacre I saw in front of me. That was a witness in Sudan's city of

0:44.8

Al-Fashir talking to Reuters. The city was seized by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces,

0:50.7

or RSF, in late October. That takeover led to reports from the Sudan Doctors Network of

0:56.3

mass executions, including over 400 people killed in a hospital. The RSF and the Sudanese military

1:02.9

have been at war for over two and a half years now. The conflict in a country that's home to

1:07.6

more than 50 million people has led to famine, millions displaced,

1:11.9

and allegations of horrific war crimes, including sexual violence.

1:16.0

There is mounting evidence that rape is being deliberately and systematically used as a weapon

1:21.6

of war. Women's bodies, ladies and gentlemen, have just become a crime scene in Sudan.

1:28.7

That's Anna Mutavati with the group UN Women, speaking to NBC News.

1:33.7

She's UN's Women's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

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