Sudan Crisis Stories

Sudan records nearly 2,000 cholera deaths as conflict exacerbates outbreak: Africa CDC
XINHUA  |  Nov 07, 2025

All 18 states in Sudan are affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak, with current hotspot areas including North Kordofan, White Nile, and Darfur, and...

Sudan: One-sided truce prompts calls for humanitarian aid
DW News  |  Nov 07, 2025

Rights organizations are pushing for urgent aid increases as the paramilitary RSF has agreed to a pause in fighting. Hunger, meanwhile, has reached ne...

UN warns 7.5 million South Sudanese at risk of severe hunger
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 05, 2025

The crisis is being driven by conflict, displacement, poor access to aid, economic hardship, floods and weak community coping mechanisms.

Sudan war: Could involved foreign powers stop the war there?
DW News  |  Nov 01, 2025

Sudan's warring factions depend on external support. What do Egypt, the UAE, Iran and Turkey want in Sudan? And could they exert enough influence to s...

Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN News  |  Nov 01, 2025

The RSF militia which grew out of the genocidal violence of the Darfur conflict 20 years ago, has been locked in a brutal conflict with the Sudanese A...

UN warns of ‘darker hell’ in El-Fasher after RSF seizes city
Mwangi Maina  |  Oct 31, 2025

The Security Council previously sanctioned RSF commanders for violence and human-rights violations.

‘Blood on the sand, blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
UN News  |  Oct 31, 2025

Nearly 500 patients and their companions were reportedly killed in the Saudi Maternity Hospital, one of numerous health facilities targeted in the fig...

South Sudan peace deal at risk amid ceasefire violations, political discord - report
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 24, 2025

Alleged airstrikes and ongoing ground confrontations severely restricted humanitarian access to thousands of food-insecure displaced people across Upp...

Over 30 million people in Sudan in need of humanitarian assistance: UN agencies
XINHUA  |  Oct 24, 2025

In a joint press release, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund and th...

IOM urges immediate aid as Khartoum returnees surpass one million
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 22, 2025

Majority of the individuals who returned were recorded across Khartoum (40 per cent), Aj Jazirah (37 per cent), Sennar (7 per cent), Blue Nile (7 per...

Sudan’s El Fasher on brink of collapse as RSF siege traps thousands
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 15, 2025

According to the organisation, the city is on the verge of total collapse, amid ongoing shelling, hunger and disease outbreaks.

Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South Sudan: UN
XINHUA  |  Oct 04, 2025

Save the Children has reported a rise in waterborne diseases and an increase in snake bite cases, which are escalating public health concerns.

95 people died from hunger, disease in Western Sudan's refugee camp during past 40 days: Volunteers
XINHUA  |  Sep 29, 2025

Last Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Network, a non-governmental organisation, reported 23 deaths from malnutrition among children and women in El Fasher...

South Sudan is unstable: How a weak state benefits the ruling elite
The Conversation  |  Sep 29, 2025

Instability has allowed the elite to undermine the justice system and actively suppress efforts at reconciliation.

Human Rights Coalition sounds alarm over war crimes in Sudan
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 27, 2025

Media Coordinator and journalist, Khalid Ahmed, described the dangerous escalation of hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid S...

Harrowing tales of SGBV in North Darfur as Sudan's conflict rages
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 27, 2025

According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), many victims and survivors reported brutal assaults by multiple armed perpetrators while attempting to fl...

South Sudan crisis: Suspended VP Riek Machar charged with treason and terrorism
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 22, 2025

Machar faces multiple charges, including treason, crimes against humanity, murder, terrorism, and conspiracy, all linked to an alleged attack on a gov...

South Sudan’s crisis linked to corruption and oil revenue theft, says UN
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 16, 2025

According to the report, since 2011, South Sudan has earned over $25.2 billion (approx. Sh3.3 trillion) from oil, yet almost none reaches essential se...

Deadly attacks across Sudan's Darfur region leave nearly 100 wounded people in MSF-supported facilities
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 15, 2025

Over 650 injured people, who have managed to escape from El Fasher, have arrived at the MSF-supported hospital located 60 kilometres away from the bes...

President Ruto backs UN peace efforts in Sudan, urges warring sides to end violence
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

On July 28, Sudan’s ruling council accused Kenya of undermining its sovereignty after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced the creation of a paral...

Over 13 million Sudanese children out of school amid ongoing conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

Large numbers of students remain out of school because of mass displacement, limited teaching staff, lack of learning materials, and restricted access...

UN appeals for funding as floods displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
XINHUA  |  Sep 13, 2025

The UN refugee agency warned that if the flooding continues, about 400,000 people could be displaced by the end of the year, exceeding the levels seen...

US, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt call for Sudan truce
DW News  |  Sep 13, 2025

The US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have proposed a roadmap for peace in conflict-battered Sudan. The plan calls for a permanent...

Sudan’s RSF strikes Khartoum with drones, triggers power outage
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 09, 2025

In May, drones struck three major electricity stations in Omdurman, sparking a severe blackout that affected one of the state's most populated areas.

UN calls for targeted sanctions amid Sudan’s devastating war
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 06, 2025

During a major ground offensive on Zamzam from April 11-13, the RSF and its allies killed between 300 and 1,500 people, mostly women and children.

Sudan Government vows post-war recovery, reconciliation in first Khartoum meeting since 2023 conflict
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 28, 2025

The session has been hailed as “a symbolic step toward the return of state institutions to the capital”, coming just over two months after the Sudanes...

Sudanese cabinet holds first meeting in Khartoum since onset of civil war
XINHUA  |  Aug 27, 2025

The prime minister recently announced that the government will relocate to Khartoum in the coming months, after previously operating from Port Sudan,...

Nearly 1.65 million IDPs return home as Sudan displacement numbers fall
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 26, 2025

9,937,444 million people remained displaced across the country's 18 states during the period under review, down from a record 11.5 million IDPs record...

Scribbled lines of life - hunger and hope in a Darfur city
XINHUA  |  Aug 19, 2025

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, devastating the country's infrastructure, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions, and creating a...

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