Sudan Conflict: The Crisis Beyond Civil War

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Basharat Mandokhail

Sudan is facing currently historic and horrific situation, especially after 15^th of April 2023 when civil war erupted. It is not just going through a civil war. Broadly, it is engraved in as several crises at the same time. These include;

Humanitarian Crisis:

Sudan war resulted in a greater Humanitarian crisis as well. There is acute shortage of food, medical facilities are disrupted, many civilians have killed and wounded. People are left without homes and shelter. The country had witnessed widespread evacuation of foreign diplomats and its own people. Majority of citizens are stuck in the warzones.

According to report, at least 18 people who were working on Humanitarian ground were killed since the war started, due to which several NGOs, UN Agencies and Humanitarian organizations have paused their operations in the country.

The food worth millions of dollars were looted in Khartoum, UN’s World Food Program reported, by adding that, around 2.5 million could slip into hunger in Sudan.

According to the statistics given by World Health Organization, about 600 people have been killed and 5,000 wounded in the war.

In addition, the health ministry of Sudan claimed 450 causalities in Darfur.

United Nations reported that many have left Darfur and Khartoum, in which 700,000 were internally displaced while 150,000 fled to the neighbouring countries.

Security Crisis:

Army and paramilitary forces in the country are responsible for maintaining peace, stability, and security at both internal and external level. In the case of Sudan, there is a conflict between Sudanese Army and Paramilitary’s Rapid Support Force. So, the security and peace in compromised by themselves.

Aid Agency Islamic Relief and many other UN’s Agencies reported that it is difficult to conduct aid operations due to extreme insecurity.

Political Crisis:

The major issue behind civil war in Sudan was transfer of power to the political and civilian groups. Both the warring factions tried to acquire major role in the new setup. So, it is not only a military conflict but the outcome of major political crisis.

United States and Saudi Arabia who are vying to broker a deal between the warring factions have declared that despite of several dialogues, no serious effort is being carried out to have a truce from the top leadership.

Economic Crisis:

Trade and other economic activities in the country were halted in almost all the major areas including Darfur and Khartoum, after the war erupted.