Explainer: Why is Sudan at war, and what is the impact?
- 15-Apr-2026
The war in Sudan entered its fourth year on April 15 overshadowed by other regional and global turmoil, despite having created what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. WHO IS FIGHTING? The war pits the Sudanese army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group led […]
Millions of people in Sudan surviving on one meal a day
- 13-Apr-2026
Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country’s food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to a report published on Monday by a group of non-governmental organisations. Sudan’s war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which enters its third year on Wednesday, […]
Gold mine attack in South Sudan kills at least 73 people: vice president
- 31-Mar-2026
An attack on a gold mine in South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest and most volatile countries, killed at least 73 people and wounded 25, the vice president said. The assault at the weekend targeted the mining area of Khor Kaltan, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) by road southwest of the capital Juba. “At […]
Rubio asks UAE to back Sudan ceasefire
- 16-Nov-2025
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for a ceasefire in war-ravaged Sudan in a call with the United Arab Emirates, which has faced wide accusations of funding paramilitary fighters. In a telephone call with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Rubio “emphasized the importance of achieving a humanitarian ceasefire in […]
Hundreds killed by armed men, disappeared after Sudanese city falls to paramilitaries, witnesses say
- 01-Nov-2025
Fighters riding camels rounded up a couple of hundred men near the city of al-Fashir, Sudan, at the weekend and brought them to a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before starting to shoot, according to a man who said he was among them. One of the captors recognized him from his school days and let him […]
Sudan army admits loss of key city as reports of atrocities emerge
- 28-Oct-2025
Port Sudan: Sudan’s army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of “atrocities” by the paramilitary group now in control of the city. Fears have mounted for the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the city in western Darfur, […]
Sudan army-aligned group accuses RSF of executing 2,000 in El-Fasher
- 28-Oct-2025
PORT SUDAN, Sudan: Sudanese army allies the Joint Forces accused paramilitaries of having “executed more than 2,000 unarmed civilians” since taking control of the western city of El-Fasher on Sunday, as alarming reports of atrocities emerge. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army for over two years, “committed heinous crimes against innocent […]
Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000
- 04-Sep-2025
Khartoum: An armed group that controls part of western Sudan appealed for foreign help in recovering bodies and rescuing residents from torrential rain, after it said at least 1,000 people were killed when a landslide buried a mountain village. Only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen in the mountainous Jebel Marra […]
Sudanese army seizes full control of presidential palace
- 21-Mar-2025
The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Friday, Sudan state TV and military sources said, in one of the most significant advances in a two-year-old conflict threatening to fracture the country. The army was conducting search operations in areas around the palace in pursuit of members of the paramilitary Rapid Support […]
Pakistan calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan
- 27-Feb-2025
Pakistan has called for an immediate ceasefire by rival militaries in Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan and for them to seek a sustainable resolution to the prolonged conflict through dialogue. “Two years of continuous death and destruction has made it amply evident that there can be no victory on the battlefield in Sudan,” […]