Sudan

At least 5.4 million people have been displaced by the fierce fighting that broke out in the country in AprilHumanitarian officials say the widening conflict in Sudan has left them trying to “plan for the apocalypse” as aid supply lines are disrupted and more people are displaced both internally and across the country’s borders.At least 5.4 million […]

Leaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention in the USWar and persecution are driving record numbers of people, including women and girls, to flee their homes. Most remain in their home countries, like Sudan, or in already fragile neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Lebanon. But it is […]

In his first ever interview from wartorn Sudan, Jantra explains how he hacked hardware to create melodies that send dancers into a rapturous frenzyThe name of Sudanese keyboard player Jantra translates as “crazy”, and sure enough, his gigs are wild. “Sometimes a fight will happen and I have to take a break so everyone can calm down,” he says. “The […]

As the warring country’s de facto leader attends the general assembly in New York, it’s an opportunity to exert pressureHearing the horror stories from Sudan, from refugees who have managed to escape or from some of the millions who have been forcibly displaced inside the country, one can only conclude that humanity is once again on trial. We are […]

Flames engulfed landmark buildings in Sudan's capital as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces entered its sixth month. Footage on social media showed a burning Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company tower – a conical building with glass facades that had become an emblem of the city. Since the conflict erupted in April, nearly 7,500 people have […]

Fire engulfs Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company tower amid clashes around army headquarters in capital while fighting also reported in city of El-ObeidFlames gripped the Sudanese capital on Sunday and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in a row, witnesses reported, as fighting raged into its six month.“Clashes are now […]

Toll from army attack in the south of the capital is the largest in a single incident since war broke outAt least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured in an airstrike by the army on a market in southern Khartoum, a local volunteer group has said, marking the largest single-incident death toll since the war in Sudan began in April.Air and artillery […]

IOM says half of country’s population now in need of aid and protection after months of violenceFive million people have been displaced by civil war in Sudan, which is facing a rapidly mounting humanitarian emergency after months of serious fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary force.The displacement figure, provided by the International […]

Prosecutors say ex-chair and CEO were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias, which both denyTwo former executives of a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003 – charges they both deny.Ian Lundin, a Swede, and Alex Schneiter, a Swiss national, are accused of […]

When war broke out in April between two branches of Sudan’s armed forces, millions were trapped in the capital, Khartoum. In this vivid account, one woman tells of the ordealTwo months of extremes – anger and sorrow. We survived the noise of artillery, and woke to the sound of MiG, Antonov and Sukhoi planes. We learned how to differentiate between the […]

Airstrikes and artillery and rocket fire reported as clashes between armed forces and paramilitaries shows no sign of abatingTwenty-five civilians were killed in attacks in Khartoum over the weekend, as the violence showed no signs of abating after nearly five months of war.Five civilians died on Sunday when bombs that “fell on their homes” in the […]

Reported cases are almost all by RSF paramilitaries and are just the tip of the iceberg, say campaign groupsSince Sudan’s conflict erupted in April, Sulima Ishaq has been working around the clock. As the head of the country’s Combating Violence against Women and Children unit, it is her job to document sexual violence. It has now become systematic.Ishaq […]

From securing resources to destabilising western influence, the mercenary group’s activities hang in the balanceThis week, before Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly killed, the founder of the mercenary group Wagner had appeared bullish in a self-styled publicity video, holding a rifle and dressed in desert camouflage. He was understood to be somewhere in […]

Smooth transition of mercenary group’s network and holdings in Africa may not be straightforward for MoscowRussia-Ukraine war – live updatesThe reported death of the founder and leader of the Wagner group in a plane crash in Russia could have huge consequences for a motley crew of regimes and warlords across Africa, but also for hundreds of millions of […]

Latest atrocities in Sudan war include the shelling of house of traditional healer, who died with her children and neighboursPeople trapped in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman say civilians are being deliberately targeted in shelling by the warring parties.A woman who had been helping wounded soldiers was killed along with her […]

The war between Sudan’s two generals has sparked the resurgence of brutal ethnic violenceWhen fighting erupted in Khartoum four months ago, the immediate horror at its impact on civilians was shadowed by a still greater fear – that the conflict between two warring generals might swiftly spread through the rest of Sudan, causing still more suffering, […]

Africa minister says civilian death toll horrific and UK is to send evidence to UNWar crimes and atrocities against civilians are being committed in Darfur, western Sudan, the UK’s Africa minister Andrew Mitchell said on Tuesday, becoming one of the first western officials to identify that the fighting in Sudan has developed into more than a power […]

Images of the struggle for human rights and freedoms around the world this week, from a women’s march for justice in Brazil to an attack on churches in Pakistan Continue reading...

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 to fathom Continue reading...

Families said to have run away with nothing as three forces fight in South Kordofan stateThousands of people have fled their homes in the capital of South Kordofan state in Sudan after an attack by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North rebel group, one of three forces now fighting in the area.The SPLMN has been trying to capture the city from the […]