East Africa: Sudan’s Prolonged War and Uganda’s Regional Gamble

News Analysis — Three years into Sudan’s brutal war, the country has become a fractured map of collapsing cities, displaced families, and shifting frontlines that show no sign of settling. What began as a power struggle has hardened into one of the region’s most destabilizing conflicts, sending shockwaves far beyond its borders.

The conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has killed over 150,000 people, according to some estimates. The war has created the world’s largest displacement…