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Guest: Joshua Craze Recorded: April 11, 2024 Sudan researcher Joshua Craze joins us to lay out the complex horrors unfolding in Sudan in the year since he last appeared on RWN (EP #375) , leaving 18 million people in emergency near-famine, and 8 million displaced. Glossary:-RSF (Rapid Support Forces): led by Hemedti, started out in Darfur/gold mining, backed by UAE and political elites, opposed by "international community";-Hemedti: leader of RSF, upstart from periphery;-SAF (Sudan Armed Forces): led by al-Burhan, state military modeled on Egyptian military, officer class from center, rank-file/intel now partly run by Islamist allies, backed by Egypt, Saudis, Iran;-al-Burhan: leader of SAF Reading:"Sudan: Escalating Conflict in Khartoum and Attacks on Civilians in al-Jazirah and South Kordofan", ACLED, March 15, 2024 *Listen to RWN ep #375 with Joshua Craze on the outbreak of Sudan war here. Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg's Mountains. Buy Mountains here.  Total time: 1:15:57 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World