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Port Sudan rocked by drone strikes in major escalation of Sudan war
Reuters  |  May 07, 2025

Inside Port Sudan, the attack on the electricity substation led to a power outage across the city while army units deployed around public buildings, t...

Violence engulfs besieged Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Darfur region
Reuters  |  May 04, 2025

Witnesses described the moment RSF men poured into Zamzam displacement camp on April 11, looting and burning homes as shells rained down and drones fl...

Children in Darfur left in desperate conditions as worsening violence displaces families
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 03, 2025

The latest wave of violence, which escalated on April 11, has led to the deaths of hundreds and forced a mass flight from Al Fasher and the camps of A...

Exclusive: UN panel investigates UAE links to seized weapons in Darfur, Sudan
Reuters  |  Apr 29, 2025

Last month, Sudan filed a case against the UAE at the World Court. The government's case alleges that the UAE violated its obligations under the Genoc...

Malnutrition crisis deepens in Sudan's South Darfur area with growing conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

This time of year, known as the hunger gap, is when people in South Darfur face the most difficulty accessing food. MSF warns that supplies for malnut...

North Darfur crisis deepens: Over 480 civilians killed as violence, displacement surge
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

Worryingly, attacks based on ethnicity are returning in parts of Darfur, echoing the horrors of the 2003 conflict that also left tens of thousands dea...

MSF warns of desperate situation for persons displaced from Sudan's Zamzam camp
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 19, 2025

On April 11, the RSF and their allied armed groups stormed Zamzam, Sudan's largest displacement camp, which used to host at least 500,000 people near...

Survivors describe executions, arson in attack on Sudan's Zamzam camp
Reuters  |  Apr 19, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group - two years into its conflict with Sudan's army - seized the massive camp in North Darfur a week ago in an...

ICJ hears Sudan’s case accusing UAE of genocide in Darfur conflict
Amina Wako  |  Apr 18, 2025

Khartoum seeks a ruling that would compel the UAE to cease its alleged military support for the RSF and provide reparations for victims, including com...

UK and EU pledge over $700 million in aid as Sudan marks two years of civil war
DW News  |  Apr 16, 2025

Senior diplomats and aid officials from the UK, Germany, France, the European Union and the African Union gathered at the one-day conference hosted in...

Sudan urges ICJ to hold UAE accountable for genocide in Darfur and halt support to RSF
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 15, 2025

Specifically, Sudan wants the court to compel the UAE to stop all forms of assistance to the RSF, which it argues has enabled the militia to carry out...

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover, UN agency says
Reuters  |  Apr 15, 2025

The RSF seized control of the camp on Sunday after a four-day assault that the government and aid groups have said left hundreds dead or wounded.

Sudan’s war isn’t nearly over – Armed civilian groups are rising
The Conversation  |  Apr 13, 2025

Neighbourhood defence units have emerged in urban areas like El-Gezira in central Sudan, El-Fasher in North Darfur, Al-Dalang in South Kordofan, El-Ob...

Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

The UAE has repeatedly dismissed the filing of the case as a political game and have argued the ICJ, also known as the World Court, has no legal power...

Two years of brutal war: Could Sudan be split into two countries?
DW News  |  Mar 17, 2025

Military strikes, famine and disease have killed tens of thousands of civilians and millions have been displaced.

Sudan's RSF operating drones from Darfur base, pictures show
Reuters  |  Feb 27, 2025

Drones have been used by both the paramilitary RSF and Sudan's army as the two factions, drawing on foreign support, have battled each other in a conf...

MSF suspends humanitarian operations at Sudan’s Zamzam camp as conflict escalates
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 24, 2025

MSF teams said they have documented reports of homes being set on fire, looting, sexual violence, killings and beatings.

Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

The government had last year restricted the use of the crossing, which is crucial to reaching famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region, saying that...

WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan healthcare after 70 killed in drone strike
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

The conflict has produced waves of ethnically driven violence blamed largely on the RSF, creating a humanitarian crisis.

IGAD warns of ISIS from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Yemen in Puntland region of Somalia
Mary Wambui  |  Jan 22, 2025

he tepoty notes that, despite violent extremism remaining a major obstacle to peace and security in the Horn of Africa, the quarter recorded a slight...

Global hunger monitor says famine in war-torn Sudan is spreading
Reuters  |  Dec 24, 2024

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are engaged in a civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and are adamantly opposed to a famine declaration for f...

Sudan's RSF says seizes back control of key Darfur base from army allies
Reuters  |  Dec 23, 2024

Dozens of RSF soldiers were killed, vehicles destroyed and supplies captured as they captured the base, they said.

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan's al-Fashir, UN rights chief says
Reuters  |  Dec 21, 2024

The UN rights office said it had documented the deaths of at least 782 civilians and more than 1,143 injured since May.

Sudan's RSF fighters say they plan to work with a new government, raising partition fears
Reuters  |  Dec 21, 2024

The US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, said last week any such new administration would be a step backwards.

Major food aid 'scale-up' underway to famine-hit Sudan, WFP says
Reuters  |  Nov 27, 2024

Some of the food is intended for 14 areas of the country that face famine or are at risk of famine, including the Zamzam camp in the Darfur region.

US Sudan envoy seeks increased aid flow as he meets army chief Burhan
Reuters  |  Nov 19, 2024

The visit came as the RSF continued revenge attacks in eastern El Gezira state and a campaign to take over the army's last Darfur stronghold al-Fashir...

US imposes sanctions on Sudanese paramilitary commander
Reuters  |  Nov 12, 2024

The action follows sanctions imposed on Barkalla by a United Nations Security Council committee last week and marks the latest action by Washington ov...

Sudan's army launches attacks to retake ground in capital Khartoum
Reuters  |  Sep 26, 2024

The army and the RSF had previously shared power after staging a coup in 2021.

Relief as UN trucks with aid food enter Sudan’s Darfur region
Vincent Ombati  |  Aug 22, 2024

The World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Cindy McCain, described the reopening of the Adre crossing as a crucial development.

Sudan to open Adre border crossing to facilitate humanitarian aid access
UN News  |  Aug 17, 2024

The development comes amid ongoing conflict including a bombing attack on Wednesday that devastated a school and market in the city of El Obeid, leavi...

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