Great power ambitions and proxy wars : Sudan as a battlefield between Russia and Ukraine
Journal: Doria (University of Helsinki)
Year: 2024

Sudan, located in Northeast Africa on the western bank of the Red Sea, drifted into another crisis in April 2023 as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) started fighting over power. The current crisis is a con tinuation of the country’s bloody history of coups and civil wars. The warring parties are increasingly supported by foreign powers, indicating that the country is not only a battlefield for the armed groups but also for proxy wars between foreign ac