Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

Political scientist Scott Straus on Sudan

"All the fundamentals of genocide are present"

Genocide scholar Scott Straus has spent decades studying the causes of mass violence. He examines the dynamics of violence in Darfur, arguing that international inaction on Sudan highlights a broader crisis in genocide prevention.
Rebuilding Khartoum

The same old tale of power and exclusion

While Sudan's de facto government focuses on reviving the capital, its reconstruction policies follow a familiar pattern: channelling resources to the centre while neglecting the marginalised, war-torn periphery.
Sudanese music in Cairo

Finding joy in the face of war

While war rages at home, for Sudanese wedding singers in exile in Cairo, celebration has become a form of resistance.