Aljazeera published on 14 January 2025 an article titled "Sudan Faces Possible Darfur Division as War Progresses, Say Analysts" by Mat Nashed.
Darfur, a region in western Sudan nearly the size of France, may become a separate entity under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. If this happens, it could lead to additional geographical divisions in Sudan and the eventual collapse of the state.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies published on 25 April 2024 a commentary titled "Preventing Another Darfur Genocide" by Cameron Hudson.
The author suggests several steps that might help prevent an incipient genocide in Sudan's North Darfur region.
Aljazeera published on 22 April 2024 an article titled "Sudan War Could Lead to More Ethnic Killings in Volatile Darfur Region" by Mat Nashed.
Increasingly, the conflict in Sudan, especially in Darfur region, is becoming an ethnic conflict. There are fears that non-Arab Zaghawa, who reside in both Darfur and neighboring Chad, may join the battle in greater numbers.
Aljazeera published on 22 November 2023 an article titled "Fears of All-out Ethnic War Rise in Sudan's Darfur" by Mat Nashed.
The on-going fighting in Darfur will most likely turn into an all-out ethnic based conflict. Five mostly non-Arab armed militia known as the Joint Protection Forces have banded together to protect the last remaining part of Darfur region from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The Rift Valley Institute published in January/February a briefing paper titled "What Next for the Juba Peace Agreement? Evolving Political and Security Dynamics in Darfur."
The paper focuses on the future of the Juba Peace Agreement and the evolving political and security dynamics in Darfur. Implementation of the agreement has been complicated by the actions of Sudan Revolutionary Front leaders before, during and after the 25 October 2021 coup. Two key Darfuri signatories--the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)--benefitted from the agreement and supported the coup. Since then, JEM and its leaders have stayed close to the military, while SLA-MM has grown somewhat disenchanted.
African Arguments published on 12 October 2020 an analysis titled "The Obstacles to Sudan's Landmark Peace Deal" by Yaseen Mohmad Abdalla, journalist and researcher.
The government of Sudan recently signed in Juba a peace agreement with 3 armed groups: the Justice and Equality Movement, Sudan Liberation Movement, and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North. Two other important armed groups refused to endorse the pact, which puts in question its ability to bring peace.
War on the Rocks published on 22 September 2020 an analysis titled "A Chance for Peace? The Impact of the Juba Peace Deal on Sudan's Fragile Transition" by Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, independent researcher.
The author argues that the Juba peace accord on conflict in Darfur, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile regions of Sudan will not bring peace because it offers no solution to the intercommunal conflicts that define the new patterns of violence in Sudan's peripheries and is silent on key issues of implementation.
