Sudan: Civil war breaks out between SAF and RSF

Two years after they jointly overthrew the civilian transitional government, the Sudanese Armed Forces under Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces under Hemedti turned on each other. Fighting started in Khartoum and Merowe air base and spread within days to most major cities. By 2026, it had become the world's largest displacement crisis and largest hunger emergency; the RSF held much of Darfur, the SAF held the east and north, and the country had effectively partitioned.

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In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Sudan: Civil war breaks out between SAF and RSF [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e6a18921-b30e-4e43-a33c-cc28181847d0

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Sudan: Civil war breaks out between SAF and RSF." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e6a18921-b30e-4e43-a33c-cc28181847d0.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-e6a18921-b30e-4e43-a33c-cc28181847d0,
  title     = {{Sudan: Civil war breaks out between SAF and RSF}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e6a18921-b30e-4e43-a33c-cc28181847d0},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-04-15. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-04-15. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.