Sudan: Who Profits from the War?
Since August 2023, Sudan has plunged back into extreme violence, displacing millions and causing an estimated 150,000 deaths, including among the besieged population of Al-Fashir. What began as a struggle for power has increasingly taken the form of a war against civilians. Two rival forces dominate the conflict: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as “Hemedti”, a former Janjaweed leader implicated in campaign of atrocities, including ethnic cleansing, in Darfur in 2003–2005. At the same time, regional powers have positioned themselves as mediators while continuing to fuel a conflict driven by Sudan’s strategic location and natural resources.
Kholood Khair
Founder and Director of Confluence Advisory
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Mona Rishmawi
Member of UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan
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Roland Marchal
Sociologist specialising in conflicts on the African continent
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Mohamed Osman
Researcher in Human Rights Watch's Africa Division
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Discussions are interpreted in English and French
Sudan, Remember Us
From 2019 to 2023, Hind Meddeb films the Sudanese revolution carried by a young generation which, after decades of silence, forges a language of resistance shaped by poetry and images. Blending intimate narratives with collective memory, the documentary paints the portrait of a generation that believed in democracy. An ode to creative resistance, the film also bears witness to a crushed uprising, whose survivors were ultimately driven into exile.
⚠︎ This film contains disturbing scenes and narratives that may be sensitive to some viewers (physical violence).
Blue Train Films
My Way Production
Damien Tronchot
