Sudan Archives

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No end in sight to Sudan war as both sides seek ‘decisive’ win

Sudan has seen a surge in extreme violence in recent weeks as the warring military and paramilitary push for a decisive victory, with no...

AFPNovember 13, 2024

Sudanese people fleeing al-Jazira district arrive at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref

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Sudan’s ruling council reshuffles cabinet amid brutal conflict

Sudan’s army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with paramilitaries, has announced a cabinet reshuffle that replaces four ministers including those for foreign affairs...

AFPNovember 4, 2024

Sudanese farmers plough a field in Gedaref -- the state's agriculture ministry says less than half the pre-war acreage was planted in 2024

World

War decimates harvest in famine-threatened Sudan

Ahmed Othman’s farm has been spared from the deadly fighting that has spread across Sudan, but the war’s toll on the economy and labour...

AFPNovember 1, 2024

The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs says that more than 119,000 people have fled from al-Jazira in the recent surge of violence

World

Dead or alive? Scores missing after Sudan attacks

Khadir Ali and his family managed to survive a harrowing paramilitary attack in war-torn Sudan. But by the time they got to safety, he...

AFPOctober 31, 2024

People displaced from eastern areas of Sudan's al-Jazira state arrive to Gedaref city

World

Sexual violence on ‘staggering’ scale in Sudan civil war: UN probe

Rape is widespread in Sudan’s civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a “staggering” scale. Children...

AFPOctober 29, 2024

The UN chief said he was 'horrified' by reported attacks against civilians

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UN chief says Sudan is enduring ‘nightmare’ of hunger, violence, illness

The people of conflict-torn Sudan are living a “nightmare” of hunger, disease and massive ethnic violence, particularly in Darfur, the UN secretary-general warned on...

AFPOctober 28, 2024

People from Khartoum and al-Jazira states, displaced by the war between Sudan's army and paramilitaries, wait to receive aid from a charity organisation in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on December 30, 2023

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Activists say 50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack

At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack by Sudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in al-Jazira state, activists...

AFPOctober 26, 2024