Sudan’s war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is being sustained and escalated through external assistance, according to a United Nations fact-finding mission. The UN report says foreign weapons, military technology, fighters, and logistical networks enable the parties to strike deeper into civilian areas.
The mission warns that some attacks may amount to war crimes. It describes how drones and other military capabilities increase the conflict’s reach and impact on civilians, even as the fighting continues ahead of Sudan’s planned transition to civilian rule.
Across the outlets, the shared focus is the UN probe’s findings on the role of outside support and the presence of advanced strike capabilities, particularly drones. Both accounts also place the outbreak of the conflict in the context of a dispute within Sudan’s security establishment, setting the background for the UN’s conclusions about accountability and the conduct of hostilities.
