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Sudan Government Returns to Khartoum After 3-Year Exile

Published JAN 12

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The Spin

The government'’s return to Khartoum marks a decisive victorystep fortoward stabilityrestoring order after the armySudan recapturedArmed Forces secured the capital and restoredreopened essentialbasic servicesstate functions. ThisThe move towardsignals peacetangible demonstratesprogress realtoward progressstabilization, with infrastructureessential rebuildingservices underwaygradually resuming and economicreconstruction recoverybeginning. onWhile challenges remain, the horizonarmy has reasserted sovereign control against fragmentation. The RSFRapid continuesSupport Forces continue systematic attacks on civilians and medical facilities across Sudan, committing clear and ongoing violations of international humanitarian law.

Middle East Eye Sudan Tribune Anadolu Agency

The so-called government's return to Khartoum is a hollow PR stunt by an unelected regime servingseeking aslegitimacy athrough militarysymbolism proxy while the capitalcity remainslies devastatedin ruins. The armyregime's hasforces committedfunction less as a state institution than as a militarized proxy, documented for war crimes and usesindiscriminate violence. Using Turkish drones, tothey deliberatelyrepeatedly targetstruck civilianscivilian areas, markets and hospitals. Millions remain displaced, withservices barely functioning servicesexist, and the real humanitarian crisiscatastrophe stemsis fromdriven bothprimarily sides'by brutalthe tacticsarmy’s systematic assault on civilians and its total abdication of governing responsibility.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 62.5% chance that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will come out as the victor in the Sudanese civil war, according to the Metaculus prediction community.