Sudan’s War of Words and Bullets: A Digital Ethnographic Analysis of the 15 April War Discourse

Volume 14|Issue 53| Summer 2025 |Articles

Abstract

​The article examines the relationship between discourse and the ongoing war in Sudan, which began on 15 April 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The article employs digital ethnography as a tool for data collection and description in conjunction with critical discourse analysis. It finds that discourse surrounding the April War is of a binary nature and shares a reciprocal relationship with the war itself. This relationship is rooted in the instrumentalization of factors such as cultural diversity, linguistic plurality, and ethnic distinctions in Sudan toward achieving military objectives – while disregarding the psychological and social impacts of mobilization strategies.

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Hawa Alzain (Corresponding Author)ORCID

Researcher. She received a master’s in Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

Assistant Professor of English Language, Faculty of Arts, Omdurman Ahlia University, Sudan.

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