Sudan's ruinous collapse began," said Ishaan Tharoor in The Washington Post. On 15 April 2023, tensions between the nation's two most powerful factions – the Sudanese armed forces, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,

The suffering Sudan's devastating conflict has inflicted on millions of people made a slight dent in global indifference last week as the one-year anniversary of its start came and went. It nudged its way into the headlines with the help of an international donors conference hosted by France that raised $2 billion US worth of pledges in humanitarian aid — half of what the United Nations says is needed.

The Sudan civil war’s heavy humanitarian toll and high geopolitical risks are prompting Washington and its allies to seek an end to the fighting.

Thousands have been killed and nine million have fled their homes in a conflict fuelled by warring factions in the African country