Rhetoric surrounding Sudan’s ongoing war has escalated with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti,” recently announcing that his soldiers were prepared to keep fighting “until 2040 if necessary.” His remarks came days after his rival and Sudan’s army chief and Transitional Sovereign Council head, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, vowed to keep fighting until Sudan was “cleansed” of the RSF and estimated the war could last until 2033. Recommended Stories list of 1 item list 1 of 1 Satellite imagery reveals how Sudan’s war scorched its ‘breadbasket’ end of list Both sides increasingly appear to view the war as a long-term struggle for survival and control of Sudan, the consequences of which would be devastating. UNDP Sudan Representative Luca Renda cautioned that “the longer the war continues, the greater the misery,” describing the conflict as “the economics of suffering”.…