The Conversation published on 17 April 2023 a commentary titled "Sudan Crisis Explained: What's Behind the Latest Fighting and How It Fits Nation's Troubled Past" by Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington.
The author concludes that neither Sudan Armed Forces leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan nor the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has any intention of relinquishing power; they are locked in a power struggle that is an obstacle to any chance of Sudan transitioning to civilian democracy.
