Sudan's Rebels Are Cracking Apart
Simon Whistler · May 23, 2026 · 20 min video · Africa
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Right now, as I'm recording this video, a war is raging across Sudan that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands to place millions and put millions more at risk of starvation than famine.
It's a war that has seen drones used to indiscriminately attack civilians, cities being besieged, and when they fall, the population's massacred in what must be some of the worst war crimes seen this century. And unlike the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza, which receive breathless walls of war coverage, this war has received very little media attention.
Igniting in 2023, when soldiers from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, attacked the official military known as the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, the fighting has now lasted over three years.
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Could defections finally end Sudan’s brutal civil war? Explore the RSF’s growing fractures, shifting alliances, and what they could mean for the future of Sudan, regional stability, and millions trapped in conflict. Read the full article: https://go.warfronts.pub/rsf-defections-sudan-war Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 HomeFronts: https://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Sources. https://3ayin.com/en/qubba-/ https://sudantribune.com/article/313580 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/sudans-army-declares-khartoum-state-completely-free-of-paramilitary-rsf https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg717385nj7o https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudanese-army-welcomes-first-defection-rsf-central-commander-2024-10-20/ https://timep.org/2025/04/11/sudan-war-allegiances-shift-and-civilians-suffer-regardless/ https://acleddata.com/report/two-years-war-sudan-how-saf-gaining-upper-hand https://acleddata.com/report/defection-and-violence-against-civilians-sudans-al-jazirah-state-november-2024 http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7864519eqvo https://3ayin.com/en/qubba-/ https://sudantribune.com/article/312687 https://sudantribune.com/article/312982 https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/204290176344768691 https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5273788-defector-%E2%80%98savannah%E2%80%99-arrives-khartoum-deepening-rsf-crisis https://sudantribune.com/article/314152 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-rsf-who-paramilitary-force
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