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The Sudan war has produced the world's largest current displacement crisis (~12M displaced) and a UN-evidenced genocide finding in El Fasher, yet remains underreported. Contest: pan-Arab Egyptian and Saudi outlets emphasise state legitimacy and Brotherhood/Islamist risk inside the army; UN, Western humanitarian and pan-Arab non-aligned outlets emphasise civilian casualties, drone strikes on hospitals, and famine; investigative international and Turkish/Iranian state media critique Gulf and Ethiopian arms flows to the RSF.
Each card below is one coalition with its own frame on the same contested phenomenon.
Weekly attributed-headline count per narrative. Visual asymmetry is signal: some coalitions dominate the vocabulary, others stay sporadic.
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Pan-Arab Egyptian, Saudi, and Turkish-state coverage frames the Sudanese army as the constitutional state defending against an armed mutiny by the RSF. The vocabulary: "constitutional authority", "armed rebellion", "RSF paramilitary mutiny", "territorial integrity", "national army", "counter-insurgency", "Burhan as legitimate sovereign". Islamist / Brotherhood elements within the army are treated as a manageable internal matter relative to the existential RSF threat. Prescription: international support for the Sudanese government, sanctions on RSF backers, no negotiations that legitimise RSF as a co-equal party.
UN, Western humanitarian, and pan-Arab non-aligned outlets frame the Sudan war as a humanitarian catastrophe with genocide-level violence concentrated in Darfur and El Fasher. Evidence: 12M displaced, induced famine via siege and aid blockade, systematic ethnic violence by RSF against Masalit and other African communities, hospital and aid-convoy strikes, UN investigative findings of genocide in El Fasher. The vocabulary: "genocide", "famine", "starvation as a weapon", "hospital strikes", "displaced", "mass atrocity", "Darfur ethnic cleansing", "civilian protection". Prescription: immediate ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian access, accountability via ICC, neither side has a legitimate path to total victory.
Investigative international and Turkish/Iranian state media frame the Sudan war as "the world's worst proxy war": the RSF is sustained by UAE arms transferred via Chad and Ottilien Ethiopian routes; Russian Africa Corps / Wagner extracts gold from RSF-held territories; Egypt and Saudi backing of the army is the counter-axis. External powers, not Sudanese choice, drive the war's length. The vocabulary: "proxy war", "UAE arms", "Wagner gold", "Chad transit", "weapons pipeline", "Gulf interference". Prescription: international sanctions on RSF backers, transparency on arms flows, condition Gulf relationships on Sudan stance.