Mientras la guerra entre las fuerzas de seguridad de Sudán continúa en su vigesimoprimer mes, las bajas aumentan en El Fasher, la capital asediada de Darfur del Norte, que ha quedado aislada de la ayuda alimentaria en medio de una hambruna que se extiende mientras los mercados locales son bombardeados.

As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher, which has been cut off from food aid amid spreading famine while local markets are being bombed.

Amal El Zein, a member of the political bureau of the Sudanese Communist Party, was arrested by military intelligence

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with Sudan’s army since April 15, 2023, broke into the family home of Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of Al-Maydan newspaper, and abducted him along with his brother, on January 19.

“The occupation of our party office is a part of the ongoing attempts by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces to silence the voice of the democratic forces that opposed this catastrophic war,” SCP spokesperson Fathi Elfadl told Peoples Dispatch

Los enfrentamientos son los últimos de una serie de convulsiones políticas desde que las masivas protestas prodemocráticas derrocaron al dictador Omar al-Bashir en abril de 2019.

The fighting is the latest in a series of political convulsions since massive pro-democracy protests overthrew long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3,700 people have been injured since fighting broke out on April 15. The humanitarian crisis, including mass displacement, has continued to worsen as multiple ceasefires have failed to hold  

Civilians have been forced to hole up in their homes for days with no supply of water or electricity, as the fighting rages on with increasingly heavier weapons

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have begun fighting each other. The root of the conflict lies in disagreements over integrating the paramilitary into the army. The Sudanese left has noted that both parties seek to escalate armed conflict, so that it can be used as a reason to not hand over power to civilian forces

A week before the December 26 protests, nearly 500 people were injured on December 19 when security forces attacked demonstrators who were commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese Revolution

In today’s episode, we take a look at Lula’s victory in Brazil, protests in Sudan, British protesters demanding justice for victims of police killings, and moves by the far right to seize an oil plant in Bolivia