Who is keeping the fight alive in Sudan’s war?
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“Three years into the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces”
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There is a direct contradiction in the evidence. Wikipedia and one web search result state the fighting began on April 15, 2023 (which would make it roughly 1-2 years depending on the current date), while two other web search results explicitly claim the war began 'three years ago'.
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— The Sudanese Air Force (Arabic: القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة, romanized: Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya) is the aerial warfare branch of the Sudanese Armed Forces. It was established in 1956 followin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force
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— The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Qūwāt Al-Musallaḥah as-Sūdāniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
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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, controlled by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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“millions are displaced”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Deutsche Welle) confirm that millions of people have been displaced, with estimates ranging from 11 million to 14 million.
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— The war internally displaced nearly 12 million people as they fled areas like Gezira, Khartoum, and parts of Sennar and Kordofan, according to the IOM.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/sudan-refugees-retu…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/sudan-refugees-retu…
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— Sudan has been fighting a civil war since 2023, a conflict that has killed as many as hundreds of thousands of civilians and displaced upwards of 13 million people in the region.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/woman-arrest…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/woman-arrest…
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— Nearly 14 million people have been displaced, with more than four million seeking refuge in neighboring countries.
https://www.dw.com/en/how-child-soldiers-in-sudan-become-inf…
https://www.dw.com/en/how-child-soldiers-in-sudan-become-inf…
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“famine continues”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of general definitions of 'famine' from Wikipedia and Britannica. There is no specific evidence provided in the search results confirming that a famine is currently occurring in Sudan.
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— Famine is severe and prolonged hunger in a substantial proportion of the population of a region or country, resulting in widespread and acute malnutrition and death by starvation and disease.
https://www.britannica.com/science/famine
https://www.britannica.com/science/famine
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— A famine is an episode of mass mortality due to mass starvation, which is the destruction, deprivation, or loss of objects and activities required for survival. 1 These crisis characteristics distingu…
https://ourworldindata.org/famines
https://ourworldindata.org/famines
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— A few of the great famines of the late 20th century were: the Biafran famine in the 1960s, the Khmer Rouge -caused famine in Cambodia in the 1970s, the North Korean famine of the 1990s, and the Ethiop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine
“the US-Israeli war on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz driving up fuel and food costs”
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Multiple Wikipedia entries and web search results confirm a 2026 conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran, specifically mentioning the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the resulting impact on fuel and food costs (e.g., LPG tightening in India).
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— On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The US military said the blockade had begun on Monday, 13 Ap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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— Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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— On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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