Africa: Burhan and Hemedti’s Deadly Hunger Games

As civil war pushes Sudan towards famine, the West and BRICS should rein in foreign states meddling in the conflict.

Fourteen months after Sudan’s civil war began, the country faces humanitarian disaster. At least 16 000 Sudanese have died in the military power struggle that erupted in April 2023 when General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s regular Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (AU…