Sudan civil war begins
April 15, 2023
Two generals who had once partnered to overthrow a civilian government turned their guns on each other in Khartoum, plunging Africa's third-largest country into chaos. The regular army and the Rapid Support Forces shelled neighborhoods, looted markets, and emptied hospitals. By year's end Sudan was the world's largest displacement crisis, and the world barely noticed.
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Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.
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