Sudan's war is now in its third year, and this week took an even darker turn.

Khartoum's army says it destroyed a UAE aircraft as it landed in RSF-held Darfur, allegedly carrying Colombian mercenaries and weapons, claims the UAE rejects - as regional tension and proxy dynamics intensify. 

At the same time, investigations point to a mass killing at Zamzam displacement camp in April that may have left well over 1 500 civilians dead, while the siege of El-Fasher has driven famine-level hunger and disease, with the UN and WFP warning of imminent starvation and UNICEF flagging cholera risks to hundreds of thousands of children.

Against this backdrop, the RSF has announced a "parallel government," and Bashir-era figures are manoeuvring for a post-war comeback, and Sudan's new premier Kamel Idris has just paid his first foreign visit to Cairo.

Peter Ndoro spoke to Dr Abdul-Karim Elgoni, a Sudanese Political Commentator and health expert, to help us make sense of the battlefield, the humanitarian emergency, and the political road ahead for the 2018/19 revolution's unfinished promise...

Sudan's war is now in its third year, and this week took an even darker turn.
Khartoum's army says it destroyed a UAE aircraft as it landed in RSF-held Darfur, allegedly carrying Colombian mercenaries and weapons, claims the UAE rejects - as regional tension and proxy dynamics intensify.&nbsp;
At the same time, investigations point to a mass killing at Zamzam displacement camp in April that may have left well over 1 500 civilians dead, while the siege of El-Fasher has driven famine-level hunger and disease, with the UN and WFP warning of imminent starvation and UNICEF flagging cholera risks to hundreds of thousands of children.
Against this backdrop, the RSF has announced a "parallel government," and Bashir-era figures are manoeuvring for a post-war comeback, and Sudan's new premier Kamel Idris has just paid his first foreign visit to Cairo.
Peter Ndoro spoke to Dr Abdul-Karim Elgoni, a Sudanese Political Commentator and health expert, to help us make sense of the battlefield, the humanitarian emergency, and the political road ahead for the 2018/19 revolution's unfinished promise...