- SAF’s Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka Hemeti) took control of the country after the coup and made repeated promises to hand over power to civilians, which would put Sudan on a democratic path.
- But they continuously delayed fulfilling their promises and instead turned against each other, vying for power in Sudan. The two men have brutally interrupted Sudan’s pro-democracy revolution. WHAT 'PRO-DEMOCRACY' REVOLUTION?? Watch the latest episode of Atlas to understand how their feud has undermined the democratic aspirations of the protesters and put Sudan at risk of a civil war.
Sources and additional reading:
This Q&A by the New Yorker featuring Mai Hassan helped us understand Omar al-Bashir’s coup-proofing agenda -
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-...
This article by Mat Nashed was a great starting point for us to learn more about the recent conflict-
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-...
Local reporting by Radio Dabanga kept us up-to-date with the day to day of the conflict -
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en
This paper by Global Witness provided us with information on how the RSF became wealthy
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/camp...
We found the International Crisis Group’s in depth reporting analyses and commentary very useful throughout our reporting and research -
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/ho...
Keeping up with Ism’ail Kushkush’s and Yousra Elbagir’s reporting throughout the revolution helped us understand the lead up towards Burhan’s and Hemeti’s rivalry -
https://sites.google.com/view/ikushku...
https://www.channel4.com/news/by/yous...
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