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The World's Top Sudan Expert Sees No End in Sight to the War
Wilfred Waimiri3 August 2026
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- Sudan's current catastrophic civil war resulted from a chain of missed opportunities following South Sudan's independence, including failed economic cooperation, unresolved status of the Nuba Mountains, and Western abandonment of Sudan's bankrupt civilian government.
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Alex de Waal traces Sudan's collapse to the broken promises of South Sudan's secession — and warns that profit-seeking patrons and glory-hungry peacemakers…
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