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The '''Sudan Civil War (2023–present)''' is an ongoing conflict between the [[Sudanese Armed Forces]] (SAF), led by General [[Abdel Fattah al-Burhan]], and the paramilitary [[Rapid Support Forces]] (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo.<ref name="Bulut2025">[https://www.frontpagemag.com/arab-islamic-supremacy-continues-to-destroy-sudan/ Arab-Islamic Supremacy Continues to Destroy Sudan. War crimes en masse against Sudanese civilians]. November 10, 2025 by Uzay Bulut. ''Frontpage Mag''.</ref> The war erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 after the two groups, former allies in a 2021 military coup that overthrew a civilian transitional government, turned against each other in a power struggle.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> A major theater of the war is the [[Darfur]] region, where the RSF and allied [[Arab]] militias have perpetrated a '''genocide in Darfur (2023–present)''', also referred to as the "new Darfur [[genocide]]," characterized by systematic violence against non-Arab ethnic groups, including the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa peoples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSF Arabs kill thousands in new Darfur genocide |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/rsf-arabs-kill-thousands-in-new-darfur-genocide-sudan |publisher=Reuters via Genocide Watch |date=2024-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability Measures |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/ |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=2025-01-07}}</ref> This phase of violence is widely described as driven by Arab racism and [[Islam]]ic supremacist ideologies, with RSF forces—predominantly composed of Arab Janjaweed descendants—targeting non-Arabs through mass killings, rapes, and forced displacement.<ref name="Bulut2025" /><ref name="state-dept">{{Cite web |title=Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability Measures |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/ |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=2025-01-07}}</ref> It has been formally determined as genocide by the United States government and international organizations, echoing the 2003–2005 Darfur genocide but escalating amid the broader civil war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement: Genocide Returns to Darfur |url=https://www.globalr2p.org/publications/joint-statement-genocide-returns-to-darfur/ |publisher=Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |date=2025-04-15}}</ref>

The '''Sudan Civil War (2023–present)''' is an ongoing conflict between the [[Sudanese Armed Forces]] (SAF), led by General [[Abdel Fattah al-Burhan]], and the paramilitary [[Rapid Support Forces]] (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo.<ref name="Bulut2025">[https://www.frontpagemag.com/arab-islamic-supremacy-continues-to-destroy-sudan/ Arab-Islamic Supremacy Continues to Destroy Sudan. War crimes en masse against Sudanese civilians]. November 10, 2025 by Uzay Bulut. ''Frontpage Mag''.</ref> The war erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 after the two groups, former allies in a 2021 military coup that overthrew a civilian transitional government, turned against each other in a power struggle.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> A major theater of the war is the [[Darfur]] region, where the RSF and allied [[Arab]] militias have perpetrated a '''genocide in Darfur (2023–present)''', also referred to as the "new Darfur [[genocide]]," characterized by systematic violence against non-Arab ethnic groups, including the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa peoples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSF Arabs kill thousands in new Darfur genocide |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/rsf-arabs-kill-thousands-in-new-darfur-genocide-sudan |publisher=Reuters via Genocide Watch |date=2024-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability Measures |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/ |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=2025-01-07}}</ref> This phase of violence is widely described as driven by Arab racism and [[Islam]]ic supremacist ideologies, with RSF forces—predominantly composed of Arab Janjaweed descendants—targeting non-Arabs through mass killings, rapes, and forced displacement.<ref name="Bulut2025" /><ref name="state-dept">{{Cite web |title=Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability Measures |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/ |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=2025-01-07}}</ref> It has been formally determined as genocide by the United States government and international organizations, echoing the 2003–2005 Darfur genocide but escalating amid the broader civil war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement: Genocide Returns to Darfur |url=https://www.globalr2p.org/publications/joint-statement-genocide-returns-to-darfur/ |publisher=Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |date=2025-04-15}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Sudan gained independence from Britain in 1956.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> Since then, Arab-Islamic supremacist policies have dominated governance, leading to the [[Darfur genocide]] (2003), the secession of [[South Sudan]] in 2011, and the marginalization of non-Arab and Christian communities.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> The 1989 coup installed [[Omar al-Bashir]], whose regime pursued Islamization, harbored global Islamist militants (including [[Osama bin Laden]]), and mobilized Arab militias that committed human trafficking and atrocities against non-Arabs and Christians.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> The Darfur region has a history of ethnic tensions exacerbated by resource scarcity and Arab supremacist ideologies, leading to the 2003 genocide under al-Bashir's regime, where Janjaweed militias—government-backed Arab nomadic groups—killed an estimated 300,000 non-Arabs.<ref name="reuters-apr">{{Cite web |title=RSF Arabs kill thousands in new Darfur genocide |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/rsf-arabs-kill-thousands-in-new-darfur-genocide-sudan |publisher=Reuters via Genocide Watch |date=2024-04-16}}</ref> The RSF, formed in 2013 from Janjaweed remnants under Hemedti, inherited this legacy of Arab-centric violence.<ref name="Bulut2025" />

Sudan gained independence from Britain in 1956.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> Since then, Arab-Islamic supremacist policies have dominated governance, leading to the [[Darfur genocide]] (2003), the secession of [[South Sudan]] in 2011, and the marginalization of non-Arab and Christian communities.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> The 1989 coup installed [[Omar al-Bashir]], whose regime pursued Islamization, harbored global Islamist militants (including [[Osama bin Laden]]), and mobilized Arab militias that committed human trafficking and atrocities against non-Arabs and Christians.<ref name="Bulut2025" /> The Darfur region has a history of ethnic tensions exacerbated by resource scarcity and Arab supremacist ideologies, leading to the 2003 genocide under al-Bashir's regime, where Janjaweed militias—government-backed Arab nomadic groups—killed an estimated 300,000 non-Arabs.<ref name="reuters-apr">{{Cite web |title=RSF Arabs kill thousands in new Darfur genocide |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/rsf-arabs-kill-thousands-in-new-darfur-genocide-sudan |publisher=Reuters via Genocide Watch |date=2024-04-16}}</ref> The RSF, formed in 2013 from Janjaweed remnants under Hemedti, inherited this legacy of Arab-centric violence.<ref name="Bulut2025" />