Power struggle imperils Sudan’s future, ‘lights fuse that could detonate across borders’

The on-going power struggle between Sudan’s top generals not only puts the future of the country at risk, but threatens to “detonate across borders”, fuelling widespread suffering that could go on for years, warned the UN chief. António Guterres was addressing an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York, and again demanded an end to the fighting between troops loyal to Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader Fatttah al-Burhan, and his deputy on the so-called Transitional Sovereign Council, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemedti”.

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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses an emergency session of the Security Council on Sudan at UN headquarters. UN Photo/Manuel Elías
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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses an emergency session of the Security Council on Sudan at UN headquarters.