Discipline Has Left the Army: The Islamist Militias Wearing Sudan's Uniform
The fall of El-Fasher was a military turning point. What followed was a humanitarian catastrophe. In early June 2024, the city of El-Obeid became the scene of a massacre that reveals the true, fractured identity of the forces fighting in Sudan. A video, verified and circulated by activists and media, shows Sudanese army soldiers executing unarmed civilians by beheading —a tactic that immediately drew comparisons to the Islamic State. This was not an isolated act of brutality but a calculated display of terror. Observers directly linked the massacre to the army's loss of El-Fasher, framing it as a vicious reprisal. The scene was chaotic, with soldiers heard shouting tribalist slurs, confirming fears that the war is mutating into a widespread ethnic conflict. Sudanese activists who released the footage issued an urgent warning: without international intervention, Sudan will be dragged into an inescapable spiral of tribal revenge. Who, exactly, is committing these acts in the army’s ...