The 2 men fueling Sudan’s civil war

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. | AFP /Getty Images President Donald Trump announced that the US would intervene to end the civil war in Sudan. This promise came at the request of the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. The conflict in Sudan — which has been marked by serious human rights abuses by both sides — recently reached a turning point. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the town of El Fasher, effectively splitting the country in half between the paramilitary group and the Sudanese military.  At the heart of this brutal conflict is the relati