Sudanese women activists have reported that since the civil war which broke out in 2023, sexual violence has been used as a tool of war by both sides

Sudanese activists from the frontlines of the struggle for democracy participated in an online press conference organized by the International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA), Peoples Dispatch and Madaar on Thursday, July 18.

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 Sudanese Communist Party argues that the ceasefire mainly serves for the warring parties resupply their forces and resume fighting with greater intensity

“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

The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called for the involvement of Sudanese civil society and African Union peacekeepers

The so-called Jeddah Declaration, in which the warring parties committed to protecting civilians on May 12, has only remained on paper as fighting intensifies in the states of Khartoum and West Darfur, claiming hundreds of more lives

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.

While its military rulers continue armed infighting, driving Sudan toward a humanitarian catastrophe, the radical grassroots organizations that were leading the pro-democracy mass protests against military rule have stepped up to the rescue of civilians

Los civiles se han visto obligados a atrincherarse en sus casas durante días sin suministro de agua ni electricidad, mientras los combates se suceden con armas cada vez más pesadas

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