The war in Sudan is often reduced to numbers – 12-million people displaced – or shorthand – “two generals fighting for power”. Then there are the labels – “forgotten”, “nihilistic”, and “war about nothing”. This framing oversimplifies the actors at its centre and erases the people in its path. In North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher , residents who are organising to survive an ongoing 14-month RSF siege defy such flattening.

Sudan: Us vs them – in a good way

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We asked Sudanese people to explain what the war is about. What emerges is clear: there is no such thing as a war about nothing.

Is the Sudan war really ‘about nothing’?

There's no such thing as a war about nothing. And Sudan's war is about everything

The who, why, and means of the Sudan war.

Foreign interests drive local dynamics

The who, why, and means of the Sudan war.

Golden age: Faid Kassime (centre), accompanies a gold dowry to his wife’s family home in Moroni, Comoros – as part of Grand Mariage rites held years after an initial Petit Mariage seals a couple’s union. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP

Blondie, a five-year-old research lion, was struck down in his prime by a trophy hunter. He was a dominant male with 10 cubs in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. His death risks destabilising his pride and increasing human-wildlife conflict in the area.

Cecil 2.0: Another research lion killed by trophy tourists

Defenders say trophy hunting benefits conservation, but others warn of the risks it poses to ecosystems and communities.