Sudan’s war still misunderstood after three years
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“April 15, 2026, marks three years since the war in Sudan broke out.”
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Multiple independent reports from Al Jazeera and the Wikipedia entry for the 'Sudanese civil war (2023–present)' confirm that the war erupted on April 15, 2023. Therefore, April 15, 2026, would mark exactly three years since the start of the conflict.
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— Port Sudan (Arabic: بور سودان, romanized: Būr Sūdān, Beja: Bar'uut) is a major port city on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Port Sudan is Sudan's main seaport and the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan
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— Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
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— Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan, contr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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“conflict between two generals, one leading the army and one leading the Rapid Support Forces”
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Wikipedia and Al Jazeera both confirm the conflict is between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by the army, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group.
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— The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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— The Territory of the Rapid Support Forces refers to the areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces from 2023 until 2025, until the founding of the Government of Peace and Unity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_the_Rapid_Support…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_the_Rapid_Support…
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— Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan, contr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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