Posting it in this thread as it is more fitting.
Far too simplistic. See my post 7 in this thread below:
War between Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (Janjaweed)
RSF is gaining ground
Basically Al-Bashir was removed in 2019 after 30 years of rule.
He was ousted by a military coup back in 2019 (ironically how he himself came to power back in 1989) after large-scale protests prior:
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He was replaced by those guys:
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The coup in 2019 was done by both al-Burhan and Hemeti. They were close allies back then.
Both Al-Burhan (today SAF) and Hemeti (RSF) were part of the previous Al-Bashir government (they held key positions in the regime) as well and both were part of the coup in 2019 (leaders in fact) and both were part of the Transitional Military Council in 2019.
Things went south when both tried to gain full power.
Al-Burhan (SAF) made another coup back in 2021 and he took power and proclaimed himself as the president.
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Afterwards more instability which all culminated back in April 2023 when the current civil war began.
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Sudan itself has had 20 (!) coups since 1956 (independence).
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There are no good sides in this civil war nor is one side Islamist or anti-Islamist. It is all a fight for power and control of Sudan with outside backers as well.
Both parties have committed war crimes.
RSF war crimes against locals in Darfur are part of very old ethnic/tribal tensions. This went on long before any UAE involvement but was even worse during the Islamist (on paper) rule by Al-Bashir.
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UAE are no saints here but there is a lot of nonsense online now that somehow aims at blaming UAE for the faults of internal Sudanese dynamics.
The outside parties that have tried to do the most to stop this war are neighbors KSA and Egypt but both sides (SAF and RSF) are stubborn and not interested in peace or compromises hence this stupid/moronic civil war. Both are supporting (on paper at least) the SAF (Al-Burhan).
As I see it, neither SAF nor RSF are the "good guys" here. The Sudanese people are hostages of both and neither SAF nor RSF have implemented the promises that the Sudanese people wanted to see after removing Al-Bashir from power.
Nothing has really changed. Nobody was ever elected. Just military persons (old Al-Bashir allies) fighting for power and proclaiming themselves as leaders (presidents).
Not what the Sudanese people wanted when they removed Al-Bashir back in 2019.
Somebody has to intervene, ideally KSA and Egypt, but I don't think leadership is willing or ready to do so as you are almost always bound to lose when you interfere in civil wars as an outsider.
