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A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. The two opponent factions consist of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti. [24]
The Sudan Civil Aviation Authority announced the closure of the country's airspace as well as that of parts of South Sudan that it also manages due to 'security reasons.' [21] Telecommunications provider MTN shut down internet services across the country after orders from the Sudanese telecommunications regulator were given. [22]
The war in Sudan began in April 15, 2023, when RSF forces began attacking SAF positions in the capital of Khartoum along with other cities in the Darfur region to overthrow the government. [2] [3] This caused Sudan to plunge into warfare, with many cities and towns being fought over between the two sides in Darfur, Khartoum, and the Kordofan ...
The war has left "638,000 Sudanese experiencing the worst famine in Sudan's recent history, over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and tens of thousands dead," Blinken said.
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More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since April, according to the United Nations, as fighting between two warring factions plunges the country into civil war.
The following are the available timelines for the Sudanese civil war (2023–present): Timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023) Timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2024) Timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2025)
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