Looking at the history of coups — both the successes and the failures — can help put it the week’s chaotic events into clearer perspective.
Tag: Sudan
Japan and Other Countries Struggle to Evacuate Citizens From Sudan
As fighting persists in Khartoum, including at its main airport, nations have said they cannot repatriate their citizens or have no immediate plans to do so.
Sudan’s Generals Dined With Peace Negotiators, Then Started a War
What led the two generals, recently allies, to turn their forces on each other — devastating a country of 45 million people?
Your Wednesday Briefing
Fox News settles a defamation suit.
Fighting in Sudan Traps Families as Generals Fail to Keep a Cease-Fire
Terrified to step outside because of firefights and bands of armed men in the streets, residents remain stuck in their homes with dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine.
Your Wednesday Briefing: How Russia Gets Chips for Its Weapons
Also, a cease-fire fails in Sudan.
U.S. and European Officials Come Under Attack in Sudan
The violence against foreign officials, who are usually not targeted, highlighted how much the security situation has worsened in Khartoum in recent days.
Your Tuesday Briefing
Hospitals are attacked in Sudan.
Who Are Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces?
The unit traces its origins from the notorious Janjaweed militias, which in the 2000s helped Sudan’s Army crush a rebellion in the western region of Darfur.
Hospitals and Aid Groups Become Targets as Sudan Fighting Intensifies
Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down.