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Raduan Abdallah M. Ali

Raduan Abdallah M. Ali is an academic, political analyst and peacebuilding activist currently based in Juba, South Sudan.

Dispatch from Nyala, Sudan’s Second City — Nyala, in south Darfur, 2016. Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images

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Dispatch from Nyala, Sudan’s Second City

The battle for Nyala—Sudan’s second largest city and the capital of South Darfur state—was a turning point in the current war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). When the SAF’s garrison in Nyala fell to the RSF on October 26,

Raduan Abdallah M. Ali • 9 min read