The War in Sudan

I tackle the historical aspect for this current war that started three years ago, in April of 2023, over a dispute between the two largest military power sharing factions, after deposing the corrupt civilian government.

The argument started, like most, about money. In this case, control of the Sudanese resources. The RSF, and the SAF are the two military factions in question here and the initial issue was when and how they would integrate their armies into one in order to run the country. Then it became a fight over who would control the sea ports in the east, and the gold mines in the west.

The other part of the equation, is who in the world is supporting which general. The UAE is supporting the RSF for a stake in the gold trade, and the west, along with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and their allies supporting the SAF.

The SAF want to control it all, with the RSF as a backup and the RSF want an equal share in the government and the resources across the board.

This disagreement has led to thousands of deaths, millions of displaced refugees and a population that is starving to death because the humanitarian relief agencies are having a hard time getting aid in due to all of the fighting.

The bigger picture, is that the region of Africa has been in a state of on again, off again, war between multiple factions in the last few decades and this is just another in a long list of regional wars that were sparked by climate warming. Which has caused a severe lack of food security for the local tribes living in the Horn of Africa.

Nation states such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Chad have all been at war with local warlords of varying affiliations, from Al Qaeda, to Boko Harama, to other local militias who are all fighting for control of something in the area.

These two warring generals have come close a couple of times to an agreement, then something derails the negotiations and off they go again, killing, raping, and terrorising the populations.

The refugee camps within the war zones are constantly being disrupted by war fighters who constantly take out their anxieties on the hapless refugees who can't defend themselves.

Egypt, who shares their southern border with Sudan, is worried about refugees in their country, Ethiopia is unable to handle all of the refugees, nor can neighbouring Chad on the west side take care of people. There is also a small war going on in Somalia as well that is creating more refugee problems for the region.

The latest news, as far as the war fighters is concerned, is the latest proposal to allow the RSF to partition Sudan between the RSF controlled lands in the west and Khartoum, and for the SAF to keep control of the Nile River areas and Red Sea ports in the east.

Not a good thing, economically, for either of them. The RSF doesn't want to lose access to the sea and the SAF doesn't want to lose access to the gold mines in the west.

All of this just makes the situation for the millions of refugees that much worse. And as Sam talks about in her piece, with the rainy season coming, and the dry season afterword, things will only continue to get worse for all of those people in the camps scattered across the region.

All because of climate warming. Which, as I point out at the end of the video, is coming to North America. As I say in the podcast, what if the U.S. starts a regional war with Mexico? How would the U.S. handle all of the refugees fleeing the south west part of the U.S.? What if California starts a water war with Arizona? What if Texas starts a water war with Northern Mexico and New Mexico?

This is a very real possibility in the not too distant future as the climate keeps warming up. If you want to know what that might look like, listen to the ongoing chapters I read of The Priest, formerly known as Bob at the end of every podcast lately.