The Risk of Outsiders in Sudan's Home-Grown War.

The ongoing civil war in Sudan, which started as a power struggle between the official army and a paramilitary organization, risks drawing in outsiders due to Sudan's geopolitical importance. Sudan sits astride the Nile and has ports close to the Horn of Africa, which controls the southern chokepoint of the Red Sea and is close to the Persian Gulf. The conflict has already claimed over 500 civilian lives and displaced many more. The RSF, which controls key parts of the capital, has managed to secure the international airport and the country's largest oil refinery. The SAF, on the other hand, has control of the skies. The Gulf countries, Russia, and neighboring conflict-racked countries may meddle in the conflict, and a wider conflagration may still be avoided.