Analyst on Sudan says 'without international support, the war would not go on like this'

Sudan Affairs Analyst Jan Pospisil says the siege of El-Obeid has been ongoing for almost a year, with paramilitary group The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) appearing determined to seize the city. While he argues that Sudan's civil war is not a proxy war in the strict sense, he also makes clear that "without international support, the war would not go on like this”. However, none of the external actors involved – whether the UAE, which supplies arms to the RSF, or the US and Saudi Arabia – has the leverage to bring the warring parties to a ceasefire, let alone a negotiated settlement.