The old guard of former Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir has reappeared, escaping jail just as the country enters into another phase of war. Ahmed Harun, a former top aide to Bashir, released a recorded TV address announcing that he and other former old regime officials had escaped Khartoum's Kober prison. The fighting pits army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his fellow 2021 coup leader and former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since their coup, civilian political leaders have warned of the "return of the old regime", after several high-ranking officials from the Bashir era found roles in Burhan's administration. Harun's escape might affect the "ideological propaganda" battle, but it is not a significant development in terms of warfare. Bashir's cronies are in a position "to contribute thinking and perhaps mobilise key sections" of Islamist factions which played an integral

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