This war is one of the biggest and deadliest forgotten conflict (~400k dead). Here is what you need to know :
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What are the causes of the Sudan war ?
🔹Long islamist dictatorship that ended in 2019 led by Omar Al Bechir
🔹Independance of South Sudan in 2011 (long war before, less oil revenue since then)
🔹War in Darfur and Kordofan since 2003 (rise of Janjawid militias, today RSF) between Khartoum and non-arab ethnicities
🔹Rivalry between SAF and RSF for power, they took power in 2021 avec 3 years of civilian/military transition
🔹Ethnic rivalry between Nile Arabs, Darfur Arabs and Sudanese Africans people
🔹Oil, gold, water and agricultural control rivalry
🔹Foreign interference from UAE, Chad, Turkiye, Ethiopie, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Russia...
The war started on april 15th 2023, when the Rapid Support Forces led by general Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (back then n°2 of the military junta) tryied to take the power after the Army leader, Abdel Fattah Al Burhan (n°1 of the military junta) asked for the control of RSF by SAF.
The USA 🇺🇸 announced yesterday that it would impose a blockade on Iran 🇮🇷, thus reinforcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait's importance is global, and some key figures are often forgotten when considering the consequences on global economy :
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25% of the oil exportations are going through Hormuz.
-80% of those are going to Asia (mainly China, India, South Korea and Japan)
-Saudi Arabia (1st), Iraq (3rd), UAE (5th), Kuwait (7th) are highly dependant on the strait
25% of the gas exportations are going through Hormuz
-Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran are exporting gas, which is going through Hormuz. Qatar is the 3rd world exporter.
Zelensky is right on this one, Ukraine 🇺🇦 has no interest in giving away the remaining part of Donbas
This area is the most fortified of Ukraine, there are some of the last big cities, 200 000 inhabitants and losing it would open the path for Kharkiv or Dnipro.