Sudan at War: A Crisis the World Ignores

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Hard Knock Radio conversation between host Davey D and Professor Nisrin Elamin.

Host Davey D opens with a straight ask. What is really happening in Sudan, and how did we get here. Professor Elamin answers with a mini history lesson. Sudan gained independence in the 1950s with a colonial economy built for export and a political system tilted toward a northern and central elite. At independence, nearly all top administrative posts went to that elite while vast regions like Darfur and the South were shut out. Resistance rose early. Two brutal civil wars followed and ultimately South Sudan voted for independence in 2011.

To understand today, Elamin traces the arc to Darfur in 2003. The regime armed Janjaweed militias to crush non Arab communities. Those militias were formalized as the Rapid Support Forces in 2013. The European Union later empowered the RSF to police migrants along the Libya corridor, baking them deeper into the state’s coercive machinery.

She connects economic policy to political rupture. IMF backed subsidy cuts in 2017 sparked the 2019 revolution that toppled Omar al Bashir. A transitional military council then paired generals with civilian elites. The generals kept real power and oversaw a massacre at the Khartoum sit in. External deals followed, including normalization with Israel to unlock financing, while sanctions and Gulf investments reshaped who held leverage.

War erupted on April 15, 2023 as the Army and the RSF split and fought for control. The RSF’s leaders profit from livestock and illicit gold routed through the UAE. The Army and allied Islamists control major sectors and draw support from regional states worried about the Red Sea and Nile politics.

Elamin centers Sudanese grassroots power. Neighborhood resistance committees ran services before the war and pivoted to emergency kitchens, clinics, evacuations, and clandestine relief. She urges listeners to study Sudan, back on the ground mutual aid, join divestment efforts that cut profits from weapons and Sudanese gold, and support groups aiding Black migrants. The message is sober but rooted in agency and hope.

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