Sudan in Flames

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Sudan in Flames: The Current Crisis, Unmet Needs, Barriers to Peace, and Paths to Renewal provides the most comprehensive and current examination of Sudan's devastating civil war, now in its third year and recognized by the United Nations as the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Drawing on the latest data from UN OCHA's 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, satellite imagery from Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, eyewitness accounts, and expert analyses from leading international organizations, this meticulously researched work documents the unprecedented scale of suffering affecting over 30 million Sudanese people.

The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April 2023, has created a perfect storm of human catastrophe: 12 million people displaced-the largest displacement crisis ever recorded; famine conditions confirmed in multiple states with 24.6 million facing acute food insecurity; systematic ethnic cleansing and mass atrocities, including the October 2025 fall of El Fasher where at least 1,500 civilians were massacred; and the near-total collapse of basic services, leaving 16 million children without education or healthcare.

This book goes beyond mere documentation of atrocities. It provides rigorous analysis of the internal fractures-the SAF-RSF deadlock, ethnic federalism debates, and the exclusion of civilian voices-and the external meddling by regional powers funneling weapons and resources to their preferred factions. It exposes the global community's failure through funding shortfalls (the $4.2 billion humanitarian appeal remains critically underfunded at 27%), stalled peace negotiations, and the persistent media neglect that has allowed this crisis to unfold in relative obscurity.

Dr. Naim Tahir Baig, drawing on decades of experience in conflict zones and humanitarian crises, presents Sudan's tragedy not as an isolated catastrophe but as a test of our collective humanity and the international order's capacity to prevent genocide and protect civilians. This work challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about global indifference, proxy warfare, and the weaponization of aid-while offering a roadmap toward redemption through sustained international engagement, accountability for war crimes, and genuine commitment to Sudanese-led peacebuilding.

At a moment when Sudan risks total state collapse and regional destabilization, when children starve as the world watches, when entire ethnic groups face elimination, Sudan in Flames demands that we answer a fundamental question: Will we allow history to repeat itself, or will we finally honor the promise of "never again"? This book provides the knowledge, analysis, and tools necessary to choose the latter-before it's too late.