Tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to rise amid the over two-year civil war as the RSF’s targeting of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and its main airport has persisted. Drone technology has been at the forefront of most major conflicts today, including in Sudan, and has reshaped the dynamic of the civil war as both the SAF and RSF are pivoting from static, ground-based engagements toward more sophisticated aerial operations. Drone technology has also intensified the RSF’s 18-month siege of El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, with multiple attacks on civilians in recent weeks. Efforts to halt hostilities and design a post-war settlement have repeatedly stalled and without a comprehensive political settlement or credible power-sharing agreement, Sudan risks descending into a protracted state of fragmentation similar to that seen in Libya or Somalia.
War Without End: How Drone Warfare and Failed Diplomacy Are Fragmenting Sudan – The Soufan Center
