International | Forgotten conflicts
The world’s deadliest war last year wasn’t in Ukraine
Sudan is not a one-off. There’s a disturbing resurgence in civil wars
|KAYIN STATE, MYANMAR, AND PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Fighter jets roar over Khartoum. Bombs rattle the Sudanese capital. Many civilians, sheltering from what may be the start of a civil war, wonder: “why?”
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Why are civil wars lasting longer?”
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