Sudan factions mobilise civilian fighters, signalling more fighting

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visiting the Flamingo naval base in Port Sudan on August 28, 2023. 

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Sudan’s warring factions are inviting civilians to join their fighting ranks in a signal of more war as the conflict approaches two years.

It is a call that also taps into the ethnic divisions caused by the war in which the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have also amassed armed militias on their sides.