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.

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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