Sudan

December 20, 2024 (EL-FASHER) – At least 50 people were killed this week in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on villages south of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state, local authorities said on Friday. The attacks on Wednesday and Thursday targeted villages in the Abu Zureiga area, according to a statement from the local administrative unit […]

December 20, 2024 (ZAMZAM CAMP) – Repeated shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since December 1 has killed at least 38 people, including children, in Zamzam camp, the largest displacement camp in Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Wednesday. The attacks have disrupted vital humanitarian aid and forced MSF to suspend operations at one […]

December 20, 2024 (ROME/NEW YORK) – Three staff members of the World Food Programme (WFP) were killed in an airstrike on their field office in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, the agency said on Thursday, prompting outrage from the United Nations and calls for an immediate investigation. The WFP compound in Yabus was hit by aerial bombardment on the evening of […]

December 20, 2024 (AD DOUIEM) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have advanced into villages north of Ad Douiem in Sudan’s White Nile state, according to residents and volunteers fighting alongside the army, triggering displacement. An eyewitness from Tayba village told Sudan Tribune that RSF fighters had established a base in the village, with additional […]

From Gaza to Haiti, our charitable partners are dedicated to helping people in the world’s conflict zones. Please give generously• Donate to our charity appeal hereWars in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere have made 2024 a brutal and bloody 12 months. For this year’s Guardian and Observer appeal, in aid of three conflict-linked charities, we are […]

December 19, 2024 (KAMPALA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on South Sudan’s authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a journalist detained since November 28. Emmanuel Monycol Akop, the chief editor of The Dawn newspaper, was detained by the National Security Services (NSS) agents after summoning him. “South Sudanese […]

December 19, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – United Nations Special Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, will visit Port Sudan on Saturday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssif confirmed to Sudan Tribune on Thursday. During his visit, Lamamra will meet with officials in Port Sudan to discuss developments in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid […]

December 19, 2024 (WASHINGTON)—Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday at a UN Security Council meeting that the United States will provide an additional $200 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan. This brings total US humanitarian assistance to over $2.3 billion since the beginning of fiscal year 2023. Blinken called Sudan’s situation the […]

December 19, 2024 (WASHINGTON) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ceased supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan following objections from the United States, the White House informed US senators on Tuesday. This development comes after Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced legislation on November 21 seeking to block US arms sales to […]

Relatives say Al-Bara’ ibn Malik brigade killed young men in Khartoum North during advance from OmdurmanRelatives and rights groups have accused fighters from an Islamist paramilitary force aligned with the Sudanese army of executing dozens of young men on suspicion of cooperating with the Rapid Support Forces in the Khartoum area.The alleged killings […]

December 18, 2024 (JUBA) –  The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Anita Kiki Gbeho, has released US$8 million from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund to support the multisectoral response to the cholera outbreak in six priority locations across the country. The six identified locations include, Renk, Malakal, Maban, Aweil East, Rubkona and […]

December 18, 2024 (UNITED NATIONS) – The UN has condemned recent shelling and airstrikes in civilian areas of Darfur and Khartoum, warning of a dire humanitarian situation as fighting intensifies in Sudan. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed grave concern over the escalating violence in urban areas of […]

Hundreds injured in Sudanese military attack in Kabkabiya during town’s weekly market day, group saysA Sudanese military airstrike on a market in North Darfur has killed more than 100 people, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said, amid a war marked by claims of atrocities on all sides.The Emergency Lawyers group said the strike on Monday injured hundreds […]

As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the authors.This week from 2023: Since Sudan’s capital was engulfed by violence in April, life there has been all but destroyed. As we tried to get family members to safety, the ruination of my former home became hard […]

The Arab world is increasingly divided between those who are losing everything, and those who have everythingFor the past few months, there has been a grim new ritual whenever I meet people from some Arab countries. It’s a sort of mutual commiseration and checking in. How are things with you? Where is your family? I hope you are safe, I hope they are […]

On assignment in South Sudan, the Croatian photographer used a natural framing device for this award-winning imageBefore he arrived for his three-day stay, Jurica Galić knew that the South Sudanese Mundari people set fire to dried cow dung before sunset to repel mosquitoes. What the Croatian photographer and travel journalist didn’t know was the depth of […]

Refugees who escaped Sudan’s civil war and fled to Ethiopia have found themselves on the run from another conflictAbdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another.After escaping his country’s civil war and seeking refuge in Ethiopia, he found himself on the run […]

The plight of refugees from Sudan may not be dominating the headlines, but it is the largest displacement crisis in the worldGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast month, the Australian government announced new visa pathways for displaced Palestinians from Gaza and Ukrainians, providing much-needed relief for communities facing […]

Russia vetoed a UN security council resolution on Monday calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April 2023. A draft of the resolution prepared by Britain and Sierra Leone had called on both sides to immediately cease hostilities and begin talks on a national ceasefire. The British […]

Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fightingA series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest are among images released by medical charity Médecins Sans […]

Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workersWomen’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad.Both countries have outlawed the practice but it continues in secret. The UN […]

Starvation used as weapon in war-torn country facing humanitarian catastropheMinisters have announced a doubling of aid to Sudan in response to deepening concern that the country is heading towards a famine worse than the one witnessed in Ethiopia 40 years ago.Assistance worth £113m has been agreed for the war-torn state and neighbouring countries amid […]

Sudan is the largest food crisis and Gaza is the worst emergency by intensity of deprivation – both disasters need urgent actionI care about both Gaza and Sudan. It’s distasteful to compare extreme human suffering. But we can use the international metrics for famine to explain why each humanitarian crisis is uniquely terrible – and why people caught […]

Group says it has identified the Galix defence system on armoured vehicles imported from the UAE and calls for government to investigateFrance must investigate the use of its military systems by Sudan’s paramilitary forces, which could be in breach of an arms embargo, Amnesty International has said.The group said it had identified the French-made Galix […]

Abdelrahman Kuku is part of a side that cannot play at home but wants to bring joy there“I am excited, everyone is excited, you have to be excited,” the Sudan international Abdelrahman Kuku says and that’s understandable. Sudan need a point against Niger on Thursday to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations – for the fourth time in 24 tournaments – […]

Leading Egyptologist who began the process of reassessing the significance of early societies in Nubia and SudanWhen the Egyptian government under President Nasser decided to build the High Dam at Aswan in the 1950s, flooding lower Nubia and its archaeological sites, Unesco initiated an international campaign to save and relocate its monuments, including […]

A look at the work of the recipients of the 2024 Ian Parry photojournalism grant (IPPG), which supports young and emerging photographers. This year’s winner is Iva Sidash, from Ukraine. Ximena Borrazas received the Tom Stoddart award for excellence and the Gentex Corp personal safety award dedicated to ensuring the protection of aspiring photojournalists. […]

UN report indicates militia fighters are attempting to wipe out non-Arab ethnic groups in the regionMilitia fighters who raped and attacked minority groups in Darfur threatened to force them to have “Arab babies” and used ethnic slurs during their attacks, according to a new UN report.The details of the latest UN fact-finding mission report are […]

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Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysisAcute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as a result of conflict and violence, an analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization […]