Geography of Wealth Ties Sudan’s Feuding Factions Together

Jun 13, 2026 | Hafed Al-Ghwell
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Decades after South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to break Africa’s largest country in two, a new seam is being stitched into Sudan’s political fabric. In diplomatic circles and even on social media, speculation has hardened into a strange fascination: that the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces is headed toward a “Libyafication” of Sudan, cleaving the riverine heartland from the western peripheries of Darfur and Kordofan.