The two forces tearing Sudan apart were allies before they turned on each other: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary militia born of Darfur's Janjaweed. What began as a battle for control of the state destroyed the capital, then spread to Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Civilians are not collateral damage: they are the target. Neighbourhoods shelled, hospitals looted, aid convoys blocked, whole villages emptied. The UN fact-finding mission concluded that the RSF and allied forces were using starvation as a method of warfare — a war crime.
Why the silence?
Power, internet and phone blackouts cut off entire regions. Journalists cannot reach the fighting, and neither can humanitarian assessment teams: the published figures are floors, not ceilings.
The result: the largest humanitarian crisis on earth takes up a sliver of media attention. That is exactly why this initiative exists.