Two rival Sudanese armies are fighting for control of the capital—and the country
. For months tensions had been building between the two most powerful figures in Sudan’s military government: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de-facto leader since a coup in 2019; and Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo , a warlord. He is the leader of the Rapid Support Forces , a paramilitary unit that grew out of the Janjaweed militias accused of genocidal acts of murder and rape in Darfur.
Behind the latest clashes is a struggle for power between General Burhan and Mr Dagalo, and between the complex constellations of political parties, militias, rebel leaders and even foreign powers allied to them. At its heart is a fight over who will control the direction of Sudan’s political transition, which began four years ago with the overthrow of the brutal Islamist regime led by the former dictator Omar al-Bashir.
Neither does General Burhan, who also rose to prominence under Mr Bashir and sees himself as custodian of the military’s interests, including its sprawling business empire. Sudan’s armed forces have dominated its politics since independence in 1956. Both of the country’s previous experiments in democracy—in 1964 and 1985—were crushed by it.
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