UN extends partial Sudan arms embargo for a month
Sudan’s UN ambassador said a total arms embargo goes against the UN Charter that guarantees a right to self-defence.
Médecins Sans Frontières is urging world leaders to increase funding to help the millions who need aid.
More than a third of Sudan’s health facilities are nonoperational as aid cuts deepen crisis, medical charity says.
Investigation says support for warring parties strengthens military capabilities, intensifies humanitarian crisis.
The Popular Resistance has played a crucial role in battlefield successes against the RSF, but some claim it is a vehicle to return figures from the Bashir era
Residents of Golo in Sudan’s central Darfur are clearing and repairing a rugged road by hand to help emergency vehicles.
The military authorities retook control of the city 18 months ago, but the conflict continues elsewhere.
Thirty-three people were also wounded as gunmen raided village and seasonal cattle camp in northwest of the country.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians in el-Obeid are being battered by relentless drone strikes and face critical water shortages and a worsening cholera outbreak, while women and girls are reporting high rates of sexual violence.
Babies born as a result of rape are often unable to get a birth certificate, meaning a life-time of problems.
The attack comes amid heightened Sudanese army drone operations across Darfur
Ethiopian army accused of attacking Tigray forces in Shererina amid escalating tensions at the Sudan-Ethiopia border.
Chan Mathok Atak, 19, from Sudan, is accused of endangering another during a sea journey to the UK.
She didn't want to be a model at first. Now Ajak Dhieu, from Sudan, is walking the runways of Paris.
Sudan’s army says it has regained full control of Al Sadarat highway linking Khartoum to El Obeid
The order prevents thousands from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine from losing work authorisation while lawsuit proceeds.
Renewed conflict and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have slowed fertiliser shipments, worsening hunger in Sudan.
Military agreements, port investments, and competing positions on Somalia, Somaliland, and Sudan are drawing the African and Arabian shores of the Red Sea into a single geopolitical arena.
The ban also restricts exports of mercury and cyanide to Sudan, chemicals widely used in gold mining.
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and fifteen others have been convicted of crimes against humanity and genocide
Sudan court sentences RSF leader to death +++ South Africa processes 53,000 deportations +++ Tinubu names running mate
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was convicted in absentia along with 15 RSF commanders and allies.
Survivor testimony show fresh evidence of rape and mass atrocities during el-Fasher's takeover by the UAE-backed paramilitary
Sudan’s El Obeid faces intensifying RSF drone attacks
UN experts say crimes committed in 2023 and 2025 attacks in the Darfur region bear ‘hallmarks of genocide’
UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the paramilitary’s systematic campaign of violence in Darfur amounted to genocide.
Motion condemning escalating violence committed by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in country’s civil war passed
Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope and safe deliveries to mothers navigating post-war economic hardships.
Reports of summary executions and sexual violence
The office of the prosecutor has not sought any arrest warrants over Sudan's war despite global outcry over genocidal crimes in Darfur since April 2023
UN human rights chief Volker Turk issued the warning over growing fears of an imminent RSF assault.
Children were deliberately recruited, raped, and killed, the report said, confirming findings by other organisations
The RSF wants to seize the strategic southern city from the Sudanese military.
A Sudanese national and Afghan national were jailed for piloting small boats across the Channel.
U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests.
The suspect is believed to be Sudanese and arrived in Northern Ireland from Dublin, police say, adding they understand he was granted leave to remain.
US lawmaker accuses Abu Dhabi of 'sportswashing' to cover up involvement in Sudan atrocities
Since April 2023, Sudan’s women and girls have been subjected to systematic rape and sexual torture. Specialised support and justice for them is key to the country’s recovery and future
The United Arab Emirates has denied any involvement in the civil war and says it investigates alleged links.
In Cairo’s Faisal district, Sudanese who fled conflict at home say they face racism and violence and that a small boat voyage across the Mediterranean might be their only hope
Sudan's foreign minister says Ethiopia and UAE has chosen the "wrong path" and would regret it.
Nigeria tightens media rules ahead of 2027 polls +++ Pope Leo visits Angola +++ US arrests suspect over Sudan arms sales
Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.
War enters fourth year in North African country, which is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis
“Is the war in Sudan a genocide in the making? Three years into the conflict, a UN special investigator tells DW News Africa evidence of atrocities is mounting. But will anyone be held accountable? We hear a firsthand account from a journalist on the ground, describing survival, even rebuilding, as violence escalates and the world looks away.”
After almost three years of war, the International Conference on Sudan is not just another diplomatic meeting. It is a moment where Sudanese political coherence and international convergence may finally meet.
What began as a power struggle between the army and the powerful paramilitary force — former allies in a coup that removed a civilian government — has spiraled into a devastating war. Now entering its fourth year, it has become the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe.
Two-third’s of country’s 34m population in need of aid after three years of war
International leaders met in Berlin try to find a solution to the Sudan conflict.
The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.
Three years into the Sudanese war - and as international governments meet in Berlin - the humanitarian situation worsens
Alnour Mohamed Ali, a 27-year-old Sudanese national, was charged with endangering life after two men and two women died.
Under pressure from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the West, Sudanese general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has condemned Iranian strikes
El-Daein Hospital in Darfur was deliberately struck by Sudanese army
Can the ICRC's neutrality and efforts become a path to ending fighting in conflict zones found the DRC and Sudan?
Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred; a further 40,000 civillians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for. This is the story of what happened
At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday.
The UAE is reorganizing its arms supply network for Sudanese paramilitaries
Victims of army drone attack on East Darfur health facility included children and medical personnel
Sudan's civil war has killed tens of thousands of people, and violence is spilling over into neighboring Chad, where the border is porous and difficult to control.
Two deportees sent to Eswatini were from Somalia, one was from Sudan and one was from Tanzania
The region, which is home to oil deposits, arable land, and powerful paramilitary allies of the RSF, connects the RSF strongholds in Darfur to the east, which is controlled by the army. Since the war, both sides have been accused of war crimes.
Sudan says drone strikes came from Ethiopia +++ Cote D'Ivoire reassures farmers on cocoa surplus
The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.
Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan will be affected by the move
UK, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Norway react to UN concluding that RSF has committed genocide in Darfur
Nigeria: Why opposition leaders reject electoral reforms +++ First UN aid flight lands in Sudan capital since war began
Chad has closed down its border with Sudan saying it does not want the conflict to spread.
Dependence on gum arabic — the sap from acacia trees — is helping to prolong the world’s worst humanitarian disaster
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Trump's latest policy of deporting immigrants to 'third countries' with which they have no ties is unlawful. Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in the administration's favor last year, migrants have been sent to war-torn South Sudan and to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador.
The RSF's capture of the city in October was one of the most brutal chapters of Sudan's nearly three-year civil war.
Women in Sudan’s Al-Sarraf camp face hunger and disease during a desperate holy month.
Chad says the border will remain closed until further notice, citing repeated violations by Sudan’s warring sides.
Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Mohamed Dagalo’s meeting with President Yoweri Museveni focused on ending war.
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Saudi Arabia shared the lengthy letter with the US, which detailed Saudi complaints against its neighbour but sought mediation
Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change, says Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of Sudanese TV channel Sudan Bukra
The UN says mass killings by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher carry the hallmarks of genocide.
Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities
Rapid Support Forces sought to eliminate non-Arab communities in and around El Fasher, report finds
Helen McEntee a signatory to statement expressing ‘grave concern’ over ‘continued deadly unlawful attacks on civilians’
UN probe documents coordinated ethnic targeting, rape and torture against non-Arab communities in Sudanese city.
A study says IHL is at ‘critical breaking point’ amid horrendous violations in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. But to declare its demise would be premature
In Sudan, 21 million people are facing acute food shortages. Community kitchens are trying to alleviate the hunger.
More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed "a wave of intense violence" in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the UN.
South Sudan, Somalia among the most corrupt in nations globally +++ Ethiopia accused of aiding Sudan's RSF
Displaced civilians in South Sudan have fled heavy fighting between government forces and opposition fighters.
United Nations human rights chief also decries ‘preventable human rights catastrophe’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher.
At least 9,000 civilians said to be in Shala prison, southwest of el-Fasher, where cholera has broken out
The Sudan Doctors Network calls the attack in North Kordofan a ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’.
Sudanese doctors who fled the war are rebuilding their medical careers in Kampala, offering free treatment to refugees.
A 2018 peace deal in South Sudan is unravelling, as government and opposition fighting escalates.
MSF says a government air strike hit its hospital after another of its health facilities was looted.
French bank posts resilient fourth-quarter earnings although Sudan legal appeal casts a shadow
Sudanese military officials say they’ve broken through a siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kadugli.
The appointment of a dead opposition politician to a presidential panel caused embarrassment.
Yaslam Altayeb, who was detained and tortured by the paramilitary group, alleges three men based in UK were involved in or supported his abuse and other crimes in Sudan
Egypt, sharing a 1,200 km border with Sudan, has strongly backed Sudan’s military in its nearly three-year conflict with the RSF paramilitary group.
Officials say RSF capture of el-Fasher was 'red line' for Egypt and prompted greater involvement in Sudan
‘Lack of resources in Sudan is very worrying’
As the threat of Sudan being partitioned looms, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claims it could govern Darfur. Those who have managed to escape describe a reign of tyranny and arbitrary rule.
South Sudan orders mass evacuations + Tanzania limits press access
The UN mission says it is gravely concerned by "inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians".
Marco Rubio’s call with PM Shia al-Sudani comes as Iraq is expected to see a new government amid US-Iran tensions.
Eastern Libyan commander undecided after Egypt and Saudi Arabia urge him to stop facilitating UAE weapons shipments to Sudan’s RSF
On the road in Sudan with the UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.
Critics say it’s enabling violence in Sudan. And while backing Somalia’s unity, it is doing business with Somaliland.
Between 350,000 and one million Sudanese refugees have arrived in Libya since the outbreak of war in April 2023. In the southern city of Kufra, refugees end up in unsanitary camps. With no prospects, some decide to return to Sudan, despite the horrors of the fighting.
The proposed humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan aims to undermine the unity of the country.
After 1,000 days of war, why is the world still silent?
In countries such as South Sudan, the great herds have all but disappeared. But further south, conservation success mean increasing human-wildlife conflict
Sudan’s army is redeploying forces to regain territory in Kordofan and Darfur from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
+Security tightens in Uganda as election nears + Sudan's government returns to Khartoum + Iran protest death passes 550
In a sign of converging interests with Ankara and Riyadh, Islamabad is on the cusp of a $1.5bn weapons sale to Sudanese army
War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation (6/6). The northern region of Sudan, spared so far from the fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the regular army, has taken in thousands of displaced people. But as the conflict drags on and draws closer, local militias are organizing.
In Sudan, el-Fasher is now under RSF control. DW's Sella Oneko and Konan Tipen spoke with survivors of the siege.
In exclusive testimonies to Al Jazeera, survivors describe rape carried out by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
'War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation' (5/6) When the country's museum collections fell into the Rapid Support Forces' hands, they became a real weapon in the conflict with the regular army. Some say the aim is to erase and replace Sudanese identity.
January 6, 2026 • For almost three years, a civil war has decimated Sudan’s Darfur region. Bob Kitchen, who leads emergency humanitarian programs for the International Rescue Committee, just returned from the region. He described what he saw in a series of audio diaries that he shared with NPR.
Children and some of the elderly are dying from bilharzia, a water-borne disease, at a displacement camp in Sudan.
At least 13 people, including eight children, have been killed in the strike in el-Obeid city, medics say.
Fighting in the southern region has intensified since the fall of el-Fasher in October
Comments come amid widening differences between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, once close partners.
Comments come as tensions rise between Saudi Arabia and UAE over a range of issues
US President Donald Trump faces pressure from Mohammed bin Salman to oppose the separatist strategy pursued by the United Arab Emirates in Sudan, and even more so in Yemen, writes columnist Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor at Sciences Po Paris.
January 3, 2026 • Western Sudan is once again engulfed in a bloody and brutal civil war.Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people have taken refuge from the violence at Tawila, a refugee camp.NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee about his recent trip to Darfur, what he witnessed at Tawila and what refugees need most in this moment.
Pape Gueye scores twice in the first half as Senegal come from behind to beat Sudan 3-1 in the last 16 at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Senegal come from behind to ease past Sudan 3-1 and book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation (3/6). Le Monde's reporters traveled through the Sudanese capital, which for two years was the epicenter of the conflict. They met with residents, who recounted how they survived despite fear and violence.
With heavyweights like Egypt and Nigeria looking dominant and dark horses like Sudan and Mozambique making historic runs, the knockout stage promises drama
War-ravaged Sudan have defied the odds to reach the last 16, but, face their toughest test against heavyweights Senegal.
Donald Trump's peacemaking efforts are laudable but rushed and inconclusive, Crisis Group argues
War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation (2/6). After serving as the civil war's frontline for two years, Khartoum was retaken by the official army in March. Since then, the city has been struggling to rise from its ashes.
Thousands flee to Kosti as Sudan war rages, only to find overcrowded camps and aid cuts.
Burkina Faso beat Sudan to secure second place in Group E at Afcon 2025, with both sides assured of progress to the last 16 before kick-off.
Burkina Faso book second place in Group E at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over Sudan.
From Yemen and Sudan to Israel and Somaliland, the UAE has built a wide network of allies, investments, and security ties aimed at countering political Islam and shaping regional power dynamics.
War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation (1/6). For nearly three years, Sudan has been torn apart by a conflict between the national army and the militias of the Rapid Support Forces, leaving some 200,000 people dead. For the first time, Le Monde traveled to El-Obeid, a city threatened by paramilitary forces and now crucial for controlling the country's center.
Trump is seeking to end protected status for South Sudan, claiming country no longer poses danger to those returning.
+++ Israel support of Somaliland faces international backlash +++ UN describes Sudanese city Al Fashir in ruins +++
In first visit since takeover by UAE-backed paramilitary force, international aid staff found the city largely lifeless
Elsewhere in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Cameroon and Ivory coast draw 1-1 while Sudan see off Equatorial Guinea.
Saul Coco's own goal boosts Sudan's bid to advance at the Africa Cup of Nations with their first finals win since 2012.
Comments come days after PM Kamil Idris presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war.
From Sudan to Honduras many millions of people are suffering and dying in crises that receive relatively little international attention
Khartoum proposes plan to end the conflict, but the UN warns violence is worsening.
Riyad Mahrez's double helps Algeria to a dominant victory over 10-man Sudan in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Group E opener in Rabat.
Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’
December 23, 2025 As we look back at our international reporters' most memorable stories of the last year we get a glimpse inside the shattered city of Khartoum, Sudan, in April of 2025. The capital city was destroyed by the two-year civil war and is in the process of trying to recover.
Every day, dozens of displaced people, mostly women and children, are arriving at a camp near Kosti, Sudan.
Today, six years after the end of al-Bashir’s reign and 14 years after the founding of South Sudan as an independent country, Darfur is again descending into chaos.
Authorities say they don’t have enough food, tents, and equipment to accommodate everyone fleeing Sudan’s war.
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan
BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines allegations of links between the UAE and Sudan’s RSF in the civil war, as international efforts continue to seek an end to the fighting.
Bombardment comes amid escalating violence as Sudan’s war shifts decisively to strategic Kordofan region.
Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the agency has documented 65 attacks on health facilities since January. The attacks also left 276 people wounded.
The US will restrict entry of people from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria as well as holders of Palestinian Authority passports.
US imposes restrictions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria, in addition to initial list of 12 countries
Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab finds that Rapid Support Forces is burying and burning bodies in North Darfur city
Satellite images show the paramilitary force is burying and burning bodies, Yale University researchers say.
In January, Grandi will step down from his position, with former Iraqi president Barham Salih set to succeed him. In an interview with Le Monde, he reflects on the crises that have marked his ten-year tenure: Ukraine, Sudan, Syria and more.
UN says six Bangladesh peacekeepers were killed when a drone strike hit Sudan’s central region of Kordofan.
The jailing of a Sudanese militia leader is an anomaly in a world where Putin, Netanyahu and yes, Hegseth, act without fear of international law, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’
Eight people also injured in fighting with ‘terrorists’ in disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan.
The UK accuses Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris, also known as Abu Lulu, of committing acts of violence against civilians.
Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign Office
Anduril calls itself an “arsenal of democracy.” So why is it partnering with an authoritarian monarchy to build drones?
After record flooding submerged Bor in South Sudan in 2020, the emergency response ended up turning it into a beacon of climate crisis adaptation
The move follows RSF capture and deadly drone attack on Sudan’s largest energy facility.
Recent attacks in Sudan’s Kordofan region have shifted the focus to a region which could be crucial to Sudan’s future.
The US Treasury said the network of four entities and four individuals is primarily Colombian.
Individuals and entities recruiting Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside RSF and train soldiers - including children - sanctioned by Treasury
The sanctioned individuals are accused of creating a ‘transnational network’ to send Colombians to fight in Sudan.
Rapid Support Forces continue to advance, taking key oil region vital to South Sudan's economy
International Criminal Court sentences Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman to 20 years
Ali Kushayb led the Janjaweed, a group whose campaign of terror led to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Neighbouring South Sudan unable to export its oil via Red Sea following RSF victory across the border
Massacres at the start of the war in Sudan should have shocked the world into action. They didn’t.
Drone attacks on a kindergarten and hospital killed 114 people, the World Health Organization says.
The UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official has told NPR that the lack of attention from world leaders to the war in Sudan is the "billion dollar question".
A grassroots network is providing life-saving food and medical care to citizens in a country where the state no longer exists
External support for armed groups and mercenaries is the main obstacle to peace, says Sudan’s justice minister.
Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.
Sudan’s civil war drives millions from their homes, creating an unparalleled humanitarian emergency in the region.
December 6, 2025 Thursday's attack is the latest in the fighting between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, also known as the RSF, and the Sudanese military, who have been at war for over two years.
The UAE's ties to China and approach to Sudan and Yemen have not upset relations with the US, experts say
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAE
Devastated Sudanese families recount el-Fasher massacre
NGO documents accounts of atrocities during paramilitary force’s April assault on the North Darfur facility.
Reported move by Sudanese Armed Forces government may increase incentive for US to play a more active role in ending the war
UAE-linked supply routes running through Libya and Chad part of a wide network tied to Sudan war
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces say they have seized control of the city of Babnusa in West Kordofan.
After the atrocities of El Fasher, the RSF prepares for another bloody showdown as it targets new army-held city
EU Parliamentarians want an end of trade deal talks with the UAE, which is suspected of sending weapons to Sudan.
The words 'local only' were daubed on Hala Ahmed's family home in Londonderry's Fountain estate.
With almost no mental healthcare available, Sudanese women in Chad form their own support networks.
Victims, witnesses and aid workers tell MEE that Rapid Support Forces fighters have forcibly extracted blood from displaced Sudanese
Efforts to negotiate an end to the war, which has displaced 12 million people, remain unfruitful.
Al Jazeera spoke to refugees fleeing Sudan’s el-Fasher who recounted torture, rape, and family loss.
Yasser al-Atta, the Sudanese army's second-in-command, tells MEE that ceasefire talks should exclude Trump envoy Massad Boulos
Also in this newsletter: UNHCR sources additional EU funding for Sudan crisis
Sudan's army chief said that the proposal sent by the US envoy on behalf of mediators was the 'worst yet,' insisting that the only acceptable peace deal would include a total retreat of the RSF, who would be confined to specific areas.
Investigation by Sudanese outlet Beam Reports finds that online accounts spread coordinated misinformation about Islamists attacking Christians following RSF seizure of el-Fasher
Nigeria: High court sentences IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to life +++ US: Trump pledges to help end the conflict in Sudan
Sudan’s conflict continues to reshape the nation of 50 million amid widespread displacement and a fight for resources.
Nearly 12,000 children were killed or injured in 2024 in conflict zones and 70% of them were killed or injured by aerial bombs or mines, according to the NGO Save the Children. The wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine are among the deadliest for young people.
The US president says he will address the conflict in Sudan at the request of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The massive diversion of subsidized petroleum products is fueling instability around Libya's borders, particularly with Sudan, according to a report by the American NGO The Sentry.
Sudan: 100,000 civilians flee el-Fasher, says IOM +++ 3 sub-Saharan nations eliminate measles, rubella
Alaa Busati, lawyer: 'The war in Sudan is fueled by the insatiable greed of those who profit from it'
Convicted of Darfur atrocities in the 2000s, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman claims he is a victim of mistaken identity.
Prime Minister Sudani's bloc wins Iraq's election, but forming a new government may take months due to challenges in building a majority and balancing US-Iran influence.
Health authorities isolate more than 100 contacts as deadly hemorrhagic virus detected near South Sudan border.
Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocide
Sudanese refugees fleeing war find shelter under Paris bridge
Libyan Red Crescent says it rescued 91 migrants and asylum seekers from Bangladesh, Sudan and Egypt.
Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in Sudan
Sudan: Humanitarian crisis from Darfur war spills over into Chad
Nine cases reported in Ethiopia’s Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.
More than 150,000 killed and about 12m forced out of homes since civil war began two years ago
Those who did make it from besieged Darfuri city to Chadian border describe facing looting, threats and physical violence en route
"There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action," says UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
For the UAE and Saudi Arabia, a divided Sudan is easier to dominate and profit from, writes Joshua Craze.
Eyewitnesses describe the capture of El Fasher and ethnically targeted massacres in the immediate aftermath
Amy Pope of the International Organization for Migration, says that Sudan has the world’s largest displacement crisis.
US secretary of state does not call out the UAE, but says support for Rapid Support Forces must be cut off
Without naming the UAE, Marco Rubio issues Washington’s strongest condemnation yet of RSF’s alleged supporters
The head of the UN migration agency says more than 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan.
Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutrition
The ballot this year was marked by the absence of Sadr who retains a devoted following of millions among Iraq's majority Shiite population. Preliminary results are expected within 24 hours of polls closing, but Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who hopes for a second term, is expected to secure a large bloc but fall short of a majority.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher stated that he had held 'constructive' talks with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday. Fletcher pledged to 'back peace efforts, uphold the UN charter and push for our teams to get the access and funding they need to save lives across the battle lines.'
City of El Fasher was captured by Rapid Support Forces paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in October
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks second term but faces voter disillusionment
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is seeking a second term.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani called the vote decisive for the country's long-term direction, as it comes amid political splintering, voter fatigue, and realignments among key factions.
Al-Sudani will navigate the challenges of his fragile electoral bloc and post-election negotiations with Shia rivals.
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.
UN estimates 82,000 of el-Fasher’s total population of 260,000 fled after RSF atrocities, with many still trapped.
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."
What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reports
Khartoum's ambassador to Washington tells Middle East Eye he'd like to see the US president more personally involved
The past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Tensions rise in Sudan despite paramilitary backing for a proposed truce by international mediators.
The mass slaughter in both Gaza and Sudan is inextricably linked to the bloody tapestry of Britain’s colonial history. When we speak up for Palestinian liberation, we must also speak up for Sudan, writes Kieran Andrieu.
Sudanese paramilitaries try to erase evidence of their crimes in el-Fasher
Rapid Support Forces says said it has agreed to a ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ put forward by US, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia
The Rapid Support Forces have faced accusations of genocide and war crimes following the mass killing of thousands of people in Darfur.
The US and UK should put pressure on the UAE over its alleged role in enabling the conflict
New research from Islamic Relief finds that 83 percent of Sudanese families don't have enough food to eat
Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food.
A Sudanese massacre foretold. Plus Margaret Atwood on our dystopian world
MEE investigation into the UAE's use of Puntland port base to aid Sudan's Rapid Support Forces raises questions across Somali politics
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces fighters are abducting thousands of people for ransom as they flee the city of el-Fasher.
Sudan's ongoing brutal civil war is believed to have spilled beyond its borders and entangled multiple global powers.
The US says the warring parties have agreed to a humanitarian truce
António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said with Islamic State group defeated, there is no reason for international troops to remain in Iraq
The unfolding tragedy in Sudan reminds us in Gaza that wars, hunger, and destruction are not isolated events.
The paramilitary RSF has been blamed for the attack as fighting in the oil-rich Kordofan area intensifies.
Abu Dhabi has repeatedly been accused of arming the RSF paramilitaries behind bloody takeover of El Fasher
Integrated Food Security Phase network declares El Fasher and Kadugli in grips of most catastrophic stage of hunger
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says a plan is in place for the multinational anti-Islamic State coalition to completely leave Iraq.
Testimonies describe bodies in streets, families torn apart and days without food as paramilitary seizes Sudan city.
November 3, 2025 The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of El-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit.
Sudan: The UAE's shady role and Western nations' 'culpable indifference'
A WHO spokesperson warned that Sudan is experiencing several simultaneous crises — including multiple disease outbreaks.
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.
The RSF are accused of staging arrests of their own soldiers to deflect blame for mass atrocities in Sudan’s el-Fasher.
Paramilitary force RSF seizes last major city in Sudan’s Darfur region, reportedly killing more than 450 people in a hospital
Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action
A 12-year-old tells the BBC that in the chaos he lost contact with his family and is now on his own at a camp.
The Rapid Support Forces massacred and now control Darfur’s main city. What does it mean for Sudan’s war?
Hurricane Melissa, Russian strikes on Kyiv, the displaced in Sudan and Trump meets Xi in Busan: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Sudan's warring factions rely on external support. Which country could exert enough influence to end the war?
Official Israeli Arabic account joins Emiratis in comparing SAF to Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, as world condemns abuses by its enemy
El-Fasher is under the control of paramilitaries accused of mass executions and crimes against humanity.
Witnesses allege men were executed after being rounded up; RSF denies abuses and says reports are fabricated
Paramilitary forces’ takeover of El Fasher after 18-month siege marks a new chapter in country’s ruinous civil war
Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.
Reports of massacres by Rapid Support Forces in North Darfur’s city of el-Fasher.
Massacres, which have been filmed and shared on social media, have taken place in the capital of North Darfur since the city was seized by the Rapid Support Forces, led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.
October 29, 2025 The Darfur region of Sudan because known to the world as the site of a genocide twenty years ago. The U.S. and U.N. say there is a genocide happening in Darfur again and now the violence there has reached a new level of horror. A paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents trapped under RSF control and there is evidence of atrocities being committed. We hear about what is happening in the city and a Sudanese-American poet who grew up in El Fasher and is watching from afar.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "appalled" by reports that 460 civilians had been killed in el-Fasher.
The International Criminal Court has investigated Sudanese nationals for Darfur atrocities. But how about the RSF’s main providers of arms?
Sudan's tragedy and the unbearable international inaction
Evidence emerges of atrocities committed by the paramilitary RSF after it seized control of El Fasher
Mass atrocities feared in Darfur after paramilitaries seize key Sudanese city of El-Fasher
US intelligence from as recently as October indicated the UAE was stepping up support for the paramilitary force
Paramilitary Rapid Support Front took control of city in Darfur region over the weekend
The UN has raised the alarm over reports of "atrocities" committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
A jury told the bank to pay millions to victims of the country’s genocidal regime but it vows to fight back
Sudan’s paramilitary forces seize el-Fasher, army’s last Darfur stronghold
October 27, 2025 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim they've seized the Sudanese army's last base in El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears the country could split in two.
Assault on North Darfur city begins hours after ceasefire talks in Washington collapse, with Emiratis refusing to address situation in el-Fasher
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
Paramilitary RSF took control after 19-month siege in which thousands died of starvation and massacres
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the 'builder' seeking to safeguard Iraq's fragile stability
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say it’s captured the Sudanese army’s headquarters in the city of el-Fasher.
The fall of the base in el-Fasher is step closer towards the RSF cementing its control in the west.
Talks in the US may yield a temporary ceasefire but any end to the war is complicated by regional rivalries
Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRC
In Sudan, the two warring sides continue to upgrade their weaponry in spite of an arms embargo
On her stunning new album The BPM, the multi-instrumentalist Sudan Archives explores the freedom of augmented reality and technology through the sounds of club music.
Sudanese asylum seeker Deng Majek, who denies killing Rhiannon Whyte, gives evidence in court.
As Sudan faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, this award-winning film is contributing to raising awareness.
Sources and witnesses report early-morning explosions near Khartoum international airport, due to reopen on Wednesday.
Shares in France's largest bank dropped by more than 7% after it was found liable for atrocities committed in Sudan. On Monday, the bank stated its 'unwavering intention to appeal.'
Verdict in case over providing banking services to former ruler could open door to thousands more claims
‘Bellwether’ verdict may set stage for potentially far more damages as thousands of victims assert claims
US jury finds BNP Paribas liable for complicity in Sudan atrocities
Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.
Raoul Wallenberg Centre documents widespread atrocities against children, including killings, sexual violence and forced recruitment
The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF
RSF attack kills 60 in Sudan's El-Fasher, says activists
El-Fasher has been surrounded by the RSF for 17 months, as residents face hunger and starvation.
The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.
October 6, 2025 The International Criminal Court in The Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago.
The International Criminal Court has found Sudanese militia chief Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman guilty of war crimes.
Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocities
Ali Kushayb led the Janjaweed, a group whose campaign of terror led to hundreds and thousands of deaths.
Sudan's Surrounded City: We'll hear a harrowing personal story of life in the besieged city of El-Fasher from a Sudanese filmmaker who has been documenting the country's brutal civil war. We also assess the chances of peace in Sudan, as a new proposal is put forward to end the conflict. Plus: The head of the African Space Agency explains how he plans to boost the continent’s space race.
In an interview with Le Monde, the Lebanese-American businessman discusses the peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the stakes in the Congolese mining sector and the humanitarian emergency caused by the war in Sudan.
Massad Boulos tells FT paramilitary forces agree to allow aid into El Fasher, where thousands face starvation and death
Straddling the Arab world and Africa, this enduring military dictatorship has seen almost continuous armed conflict since gaining independence in 1956. Its neighbor, the young state of South Sudan, is suffering a similar tragedy, writes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.
Sudan’s transitional Prime Minister Kamil Idris told the 80th UNGA Sudan’s civil war has killed 150,000 people.
The battle for Kordofan, with a population of eight million, is the latest frontline in Sudan's civil war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed the UN as being too weak to stop wars in Gaza, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine
Wide-ranging promises made to people of al-Tekeina, after they fought alone against paramilitary
As the organisation turns 80, wars are raging in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, its core ideas are in tatters and the world no longer seems to be listening
Irish delegation to push Government stance on Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan crisis at General Assembly
In Sudan, more than 2,500 people have died of cholera during a year-long outbreak.
At least 70 people were killed when the paramilitary RSF struck a mosque in Sudan’s el-Fasher in Darfur.
Local activists and residents describe the early morning attack on worshippers.
Civil war has killed at least 40,000 people, according to the World Health Organisation
The political rift that could spiral into conflict again after the vice-president was accused of treason.
+++ Malawi: Polls open for presidential elections +++ South Sudan: Main opposition SPLM/IO demands "regime change" +++
Fatma Ali and her children find hope after reuniting with husband and father Shamoun Idris amid war in Sudan.
Sudan has been torn apart by war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023. The conflict has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and created what the United Nations describes as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Bank’s lawyer responds that it ‘isn’t to blame’ as class action by Sudanese refugees kicks off in New York courtroom
Machar charged for his alleged involvement in attacks by ethnic militia against federal forces
Riek Machar faces charges of alleged involvement in attacks against federal forces.
The roads leading to Riek Machar's house are blocked by tanks and soldiers, amid fears of renewed fighting.
September 9, 2025 Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in neighboring Sudan and Egypt.
Ethiopia has inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa’s largest hydro power project.
South Sudan says Mexico provides assurances its national would not face torture or other inhumane treatment.
People have no access to tools or machinery to conduct their rescue efforts, Save the Children says.
The group has allegedly carried out murder, rape and other crimes, a UN report says.
Colombian mercenaries, most of them army veterans, are recruited for their expertise gained from fighting the FARC guerrilla group.
Bodies of 370 people recovered after a landslide struck in the remote Sudanese village of Tarasin after heavy rain.
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
One man whose family were affected tells the BBC that he can only account for two relatives, who both died.
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in Chad.
For the Sudanese Canadian artist, tenderness is a radical act. Mustafa, along with a choir of Sudanese women, performs heart-wrenchingly beautiful songs about his community.
Days of heavy rain triggered disaster that levelled village of Tarsin in remote mountains
Authorities warn nearby villages are also under threat as war impedes evacuations and humanitarian response
US President Donald Trump is deporting migrants to Uganda, Eswatini, South Sudan and Rwanda.
September 2, 2025 Up to 1,000 dead after a landslide levels a village in western Sudan, as displaced residents flee famine and war.
A landslide in Sudan’s western Darfur flattened the mountain village of Tarasin, with as many as 1,000 people feared dea
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
The disaster struck Sunday, devastating Tarasin in the Marra mountains, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said in a statement. Sudan is embroiled in a bloody civil war, which has plunged the country into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Paramilitary forces have cut off El Fasher, the military government’s final stronghold in the western Darfur region
The earthen berm is intended to trap people inside el-Fasher, Yale University research shows.
Sudanese civilians trapped in the besieged city of el-Fasher have resorted to animal feed as the UN warns of famine.
After 500 days of siege, a 'literal kill box' has been constructed around the capital of North Darfur
Mohamed, who fled civil war in Sudan, says the recent immigration unrest has unsettled him.
Before this attack, the Ocean Viking had rescued 87 people, including from war-torn Sudan, and was en route to Italy.
After decades of decline, the numbers perishing from hunger are increasing as starvation spreads
After decades of decline, the number of people dying from hunger is increasing as starvation spreads from Sudan to Gaza
Uganda's government said Thursday it would accept migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, becoming the latest African state after Rwanda and South Sudan to announce agreements as part of the Trump administration's attempts to speed up deportations.
Three of the 16 lorries in the convoy were damaged and caught fire, the WFP says.
Thousands at risk as foreign aid cuts hit humanitarian efforts.
Ugandan opposition fights military prosecution of civilians +++ South Sudan denies Gaza refugee relocation reports
Doctors Without Borders said the Darfur region, which has been a major battleground over more than two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, had been hardest hit by the year-old outbreak.
Parents are struggling to feed their children in war-hit Sudan's Darfur region.
Cholera spreads rapidly in Sudan’s refugee camps, causing severe illness and deaths amid aid shortages.
Sudan has been ravaged by warring military factions. Now, a cholera outbreak is compounding the suffering.
The deal between South Sudan and Israel could help the two countries build closer ties, the report added.
An aid group in Abu Shouk camp says at least 40 were killed by gunmen from the Rapid Support Forces.
In June, the Rapid Support Forces captured Sudan's wild border frontier with Libya and Egypt. This is how they did it
Both sides in the conflict have set their sights on taking Kordofan, where catastrophe looms and most aid groups can’t enter
The civil war shows no signs of ending
Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, the two sides are battling for territorial gains in the Kordofan region.
Malnutrition cases persist across country as support is scaled back
El-Fasher, encircled by RSF paramilitary fighters, has not had food deliveries for over a year.
Civil war need not be an insurmountable obstacle
There is poignant African proverb of the Kikuyu people that “When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.’ Few places illustrate the power of that proverb better than Sudan, it being axiomatic that when powerful forces go to war, it’s their people
Eight people were reported dead after Ugandan soldiers crossed the border into South Sudan and skirmished with troops there.
Famine has been declared in areas of Darfur, an region particularly hard hit by the ongoing civil war.
Discussions were aimed at advancing peace talks between two Sudanese generals
July 30, 2025 Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
It is not clear what triggered the clashes although sections of the border have long been contested.
Millions of people in the world today face starvation in Gaza and in other parts of the world, from Sudan to Yemen. What happens to the body when food is lacking?
US set to host talks in Washington after mixed results ending conflicts elsewhere
The RSF-backed parallel government could complicate peace talks and cement a de facto partition in Sudan, say analysts.
The collapse of the fenethylline market in Syria has seen producers look for new markets, including the battlefields of northeast Africa
The move by a paramilitary-led coalition may make it even harder for the African country to hold together.
United Nations officials have warned that the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) formation of a parallel government could deepen Sudan's fragmentation and complicate diplomatic efforts to end the conflict that began in April 2023.
TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received Mahmoud Nabavian, First Deputy Chairman of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, and his accompanying delegation on Monday.
Hundreds die in Rapid Support Forces massacre described as one of the deadliest since war began
It is the first time RSF fighters have entered el-Fasher in such numbers since a siege began in May 2024.
While condemning the war, al-Sudani asserted that the “deep-rooted regime” had many supporters and would not collapse quickly.
After legal battle, US sends eight detainees to country it has advised citizens not to visit due to ‘crime, conflict’.
Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.
Only one of the eight immigrants set to be expelled to South Sudan is from that nation.
The US Supreme Court has twice upheld Donald Trump’s ability to deport foreign nationals to countries outside their own.
Sudan was thrown into disarray in 2023 when its army and a paramilitary group began a power struggle.
The dam on the Blue Nile has caused major tensions with Egypt and Sudan, and raised fears of war.
Sudan's army chief and de-facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan accused Libya's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar of not being honest, sources say
Sudan and Egypt are concerned about its effect on their water supply, but Abiy says the dam will benefit them all.
Khaman Maluach only took up basketball aged 14, but the refugee from South Sudan has been drafted to join NBA side Phoenix Suns.
Documentary looks back to the celebratory days of Sudan’s 2019 revolution, and the aftermath
‘I’m here representing the whole continent of Africa,’ Maluach said after being drafted by the Houston Rockets.
The Abraham Accords was a development in Middle East during President Donald Trump's first term in office in 2020, when the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan agreed to normalize relations with Israel.
The 17-year-old Australian Sudanese sprinter clocked 20.02 seconds to break the Australian national record once again.
May 6, 2025 Sudan has cut ties with the United Arab Emirates, accusing the gulf country of arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that attacked Port Sudan.
The Trump administration asked the justices to make clear that an order they issued on Monday applied to a group of men it seeks to deport to South Sudan.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appeals for attacks on health facilities to "stop everywhere".
The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says.
The clash left dozens of RSF fighters dead and destroyed armored vehicles, according to a statement from the Sudanese Armed Forces’ 6th Infantry Division.
The war is in strategic stalemate, but Sudan is no-one's priority - an orphan in a region that is ablaze.
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.
Madleen, run by Freedom Flotilla Coalition, changed course after receiving distress call about sinking raft with 30-40 Sudanese on board
US’s cruel escalation of policy puts misplaced target on vulnerable nations such as Afghanistan and Sudan
On May 20th, a flight with eight deportees left Texas headed to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. But mid-flight, a judicial battle began to unfold that forced the flight to land in Djibouti. Katrin Bennhold, speaks with Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times reporter covering Homeland Security and Immigration, to understand what’s going on and how it fits into President Trump’s larger immigration plan.
Nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan ‘fully’ restricted. Plus, a breakthrough in HIV research
The 2025 ranking reveals two main trends: the prevalence of fintechs and the outsized performance of the continent’s two biggest economies — Nigeria and South Africa. Plus a Rwanda-based microfinance start-up helps a boatmaker in South Sudan and how Covid helped turn one entrepreneur’s dream into reality
Going into effect June 9, the travel ban targets nationals of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the White House said on Wednesday. There will also be a partial ban for Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
The president’s proclamation barred travel from a variety of countries, including Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Deadly attack on UN convoy in Sudan disrupts aid to hunger-stricken families in the war-torn country.
Trucks carrying food to famine-threatened city targeted in RSF-controlled Al Koma in western Sudan
Initial reports suggest multiple casualties following the attack on the convoy, a UN spokesperson says.
Government lawyers said a federal judge had overstepped his authority by requiring hearings before deportations to countries other than a migrants’ own.
Water treatment stations attacked by RSF unable to provide clean water in Khartoum state, where 95 percent of cases are.
The health crisis is fuelled by the war which has destroyed vital infrastructure, aid agencies say.
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees face worsening health conditions as cholera spreads.
A coalition of advocacy groups has filed two legal complaints seeking to prevent the Paris Air Show from taking place this year after it announced it will host Israeli companies as well as firms supplying weapons to wars in Ukraine and Sudan.
The state department is imposing new sanctions on the country's government because of the findings.
The deportees are stuck in Djibouti amid a legal fight over their expulsions. A lawyer for some of the men said she was concerned for their health and welfare.
The State Department said it notified Congress on Thursday of its determination on the use of chemical weapons, triggering sanctions after 15 days. The sanctions include restrictions on US exports and financing to Sudan's government
The Trump White House has accused Judge Brian Murphy of attempting to shield ‘vicious illegal aliens’ from deportation.
Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the plane said it had landed for now in Djibouti.
The Trump administration says it is deporting eight criminal "monsters", as immigration attorneys challenge the move.
Lawyers for a Burmese man said their client speaks limited English and had refused to sign a notice of removal.
The Justice Department said one migrant was flown back to his home country of Myanmar, but declined to identify the country that a second migrant was sent to.
Announcement comes weeks after the army made gains in and around the capital city to push back the Rapid Support Forces.
Red Sea city is crucial to the flow of humanitarian aid
Dagalo, who leads the rival Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, also announces a government as war ravages Sudan.
Health facilities were destroyed and staff killed in record numbers in conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, Myanmar and Sudan
Free access to weapons would only spur the ongoing violence in the country.
A drone attack on the coast heralds a new phase in the country’s civil war
Influx of weapons believed to have come from China, Turkey and the UAE has escalated the ruinous conflict
After years of gradual progress toward stability, a succession battle is pushing the country to the precipice of another full-blown civil war.
Paramilitaries of Rapid Support Forces cause blackouts and water shortages with assault on vital infrastructure
Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.
Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ is being used in Sudan, according to international law expert Luigi Daniele.
Raging conflicts, disasters and climate change are responsible for the displacement of tens of millions of people, with Gaza and Sudan hit the hardest. The lack of progress toward reining in global displacement marks 'a policy failure and a moral stain on humanity.'
The latest attacks come as the African Union rejects any ‘interference’ in the civil war, which has killed over 20,000.
While the civil war ravaging Sudan for over two years stems from a rivalry between two men, it is being fueled by regional influences. As the risk of partition grows, it is becoming essential to exert pressure on external players, led by the United Arab Emirates, to find a resolution.
The paramilitary force has been blamed for attacks on a prison in el-Obeid and a displacement camp in Darfur.
The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.
Activists warn of unfolding genocide as UK and others host peace conference in London
Abu Dhabi has long rejected accusations that it is arming the RSF in its war with Sudan’s military rulers.
Universities and laboratories in Khartoum are looted or in ruins, with vital research and medicines destroyed, including pioneering work on tropical diseases
Port Sudan is the main entry point for humanitarian aid into Sudan. A spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres said the drone strikes 'could lead to large-scale civilian casualties and further destruction of critical infrastructure.' The UN has also warned of more 'human suffering in what is already the world's largest humanitarian crisis.'
The army has repeatedly accused the Gulf nation of backing the RSF, something which the UAE denies.
Thick columns of smoke could be seen Tuesday in Port Sudan, the eastern Sudanese city where the Sudanese paramilitary group known as Rapid Support Forces was accused of attacking a fuel depot with drones.
Publications including the 'Washington Post,' ProPublica, the 'New York Times' and 'The New Yorker' were awarded for their reporting, commentary and photography.
Multiple explosions have been heard and a huge fire seen in Port Sudan,
The International Court of Justice dismissed Sudan’s case accusing the UAE of enabling genocide in Darfur.
The International Court of Justice said it lacked jurisdiction after Sudan accused the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in the African country’s civil war.
The UAE opted out of part of the Genocide Convention meaning it cannot face genocide allegations itself.
The strikes targeted an airport, a warehouse and several civilian facilities in the eastern city of Port Sudan, the army said.
At least seven people were killed and 20 injured after a Doctors Without Borders hospital was bombed in South Sudan
It is the first time RSF attacks have reached the city, which is the de-facto capital of the army-led government.
At least seven people were killed and 20 injured in the attack that damaged the hospital in Old Fangak, in the north of the country.
MSF said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan.
The UN has warned in recent weeks that the country is on the brink of a new civil war.
The Sudan Doctors Network said that the Rapid Support Forces killed at least 21 children on Thursday, the latest violent spasm in Sudan’s civil war.
With the rainy season and funding cuts looming, the World Food Programme is worried about the displaced in Sudan.
Millions of people in danger of starvation as crises persist.
Sudan's regular army and its Rapid Strike Forces paramilitary group have been fighting since April 15, 2023. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and thrown the country into a severe humanitarian crisis.
Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the group’s plans in Sudan’s civil war
Since April 2023, the RSF has been battling Sudan’s army for control of the country in a brutal civil war.
The Vatican's representative to South Sudan says the Pope's memory should be honoured by seeking peace.
Women, girls and boys suffered reported sexual attacks in the latest violence.
People are trekking under "blistering" heat to escape "horrific circumstances", the BBC is told.
The facts are clear and the stories are harrowing. What is missing is more action.
Sudan’s war has entered its third year with no end in sight
Editorial: The ambitions of two generals and the interests of other states have led to the massacre of adults and children already forced to flee their homes