What are the important differences between the RSF and army in Sudan?
from LesserAbe@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 05:03
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In the little western media I’ve seen covering Sudan, the general impression I get is that the RSF is worse in terms of human rights abuses, but that initially the army and RSF initiated a coup together.

Is it just two power hungry factions falling out, or are there deeper ideological differences? For example I came across a reddit comment saying RSF are atheist ultra-nationalists, which may be true or false, but I haven’t come across much info characterizing the two sides motivations at all. I’m interested to know more, I don’t feel like the coverage I’ve seen has been in depth.

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zloubida@sh.itjust.works on 18 Nov 07:54 collapse

I wouldn’t say the RSF is atheistic, but it’s a secular group, in a country which was islamist until 2019. Officially, the regular forces are secular too, as the religions and the State were separated after the protests of 2018-2019, so it’s not the main difference.

I’d say it’s mainly a fight between two dictators who tried to form an alliance but were not capable of sharing the power. There’s a little more ideological diversity within the regular forces though, as the RSF is deeply and strongly Arab-supremacist.