Chaos, lawlessness and fear grip much of Sudan.
It has been a week since the tension between the country’s two most prominent generals exploded into full-blown battles that have sprawled across the country of some 46 million people, turning the teeming capital, Khartoum, into a ghost town and triggering a wave of refugees fleeing for safety.
Temporary ceasefires, including one over the Eid holiday, failed to stem the conflict, which, at its root, is a contest for power between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander of the Sudanese armed forces and the de facto head of state, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, universally referred to as Hemedti, who heads the influential paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
In the shadow of their clashes, the Sudanese state
