In 2018-2019, the people of Sudan took to the streets to fight for their democratic rights and demand that longtime Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir step down from power. He was then removed in a coup orchestrated by the joint efforts of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary. But what initially looked like a victory for the people soon spiralled into a power struggle between the SAF and RSF that turned into a devastating civil war and a proxy war between regional powers in the region.

The Sudanese Army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, controls most of the industries in Sudan, while the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemdeti, control the goldmines, but both sides want total supremacy over Sudan - and especially over the capital, Khartoum.

The fighting has displaced mo ...