Sudanese senior advisor says that Iran wants to build a naval base on their land and offers a helicopter carrier as payment. Sudan rejects the offer in fear of the US and Israel's response.
Claims also emerged that the SAF and local police were targeting individuals based on ethnicity, arresting civilians from Darfur without proper cause.
The entire Sudanese nation is a victim of this pitiless and uncompromising struggle for power.
Whether this is a full-fledged "religious war" or just the most recent permutation of religious-secular battles that have continued unabated since the state's founding is a matter for debate.
MIDDLE ISRAEL: The constitutional convention Israel needs cannot be led by the people who created the crisis it will solve.
According to former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon, the challenge facing Israel is to "channel all of that energy into a resolution."
The two protagonists in the power struggle are Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the SAF, and his deputy in the military but also leader of the RSF, General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo.
Libya is deeply divided and even factions aligned with the same leader have longstanding disputes with each other. Although calm has been restored, the threat of violence remains high.
Niger is one of the least prosperous countries in the world, but has critical strategic value for several reasons.