Articles for Sudan

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more
2 days, 15 hours ago

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

Al Jazeera  

The cascading crises that the world has witnessed this year give child rights advocates such as myself pause for thought: what are the ways forward and how can we all ensure that all children have their rights fulfilled and the chance of a brighter future? Today’s children are facing unprecedented conflicts and geopolitical power struggles that ignore their mental, physical, …

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What will Syria’s future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries’ recent pasts
2 days, 21 hours ago

What will Syria’s future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries’ recent pasts

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print So far, Syria’s transition has been surprisingly smooth. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook …

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Sudan’s gruesome civil war has a new driving force: the meth trade
3 days, 15 hours ago

Sudan’s gruesome civil war has a new driving force: the meth trade

Salon  

In October, a member of the Reddit community r/meth, an online hub for methamphetamine enthusiasts, went viral for a series of posts purporting to be from an active duty soldier in the Sudanese civil war. “I’m not in any specific division, I just happen to be related the militia head, so I was trained a little and got to be …

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Blinken will avoid Ukraine and the Middle East at a divided UN Security Council
4 days, 3 hours ago

Blinken will avoid Ukraine and the Middle East at a divided UN Security Council

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With the U.N. Security Council more divided than ever, …

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Blinken announces aid for Sudan and talks about AI risks at UN Security Council
4 days, 3 hours ago

Blinken announces aid for Sudan and talks about AI risks at UN Security Council

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $200 million in humanitarian aid for conflict-torn Sudan during what was likely his final trip to the United Nations while in office. With the U.N. Security Council more divided than ever, Blinken led two meetings of the U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday, capping his engagements with the world body after …

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Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety. Now there are daily attacks
6 days, 15 hours ago

Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety. Now there are daily attacks

NPR  

Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety. Now there are daily attacks Almost daily attacks on Sudan's largest displacement camp have been blamed on a paramilitary group at war with Sudan's army. AILSA CHANG, HOST: For decades, Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety, until war erupted last year. The attacks have been blamed on a …

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HRW accuses Sudan paramilitaries of widespread sexual violence
1 week ago

HRW accuses Sudan paramilitaries of widespread sexual violence

New Indian Express  

NAIROBI: Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias, at war with the army, of committing widespread sexual violence in southern Sudan. It is the latest such report by international monitors alleging sexual violence during Sudan's 20-month war which has led to what the United States called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. In its …

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The International Rescue Committee warns 'the world is on fire'
1 week, 2 days ago

The International Rescue Committee warns 'the world is on fire'

NPR  

The International Rescue Committee warns 'the world is on fire' NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group's 2025 Watchlist, which warns that more than 300 million people require humanitarian assistance. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The world is on fire, in the assessment of the International Rescue Committee in their annual watch list …

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Suspected Darfur militia leader maintains his innocence at ICC war crimes trial
1 week, 3 days ago

Suspected Darfur militia leader maintains his innocence at ICC war crimes trial

Hindustan Times  

THE HAGUE, - A Sudanese man accused of ordering thousands of pro-government Janjaweed militia to carry out atrocities including murder and rape in Sudan's Darfur region told judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday that they had the wrong man. Suspected Darfur militia leader maintains his innocence at ICC war crimes trial In the first trial at the ICC …

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Turkey’s Erdogan offers to mediate between Sudan and the UAE
1 week, 3 days ago

Turkey’s Erdogan offers to mediate between Sudan and the UAE

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone call with Sudan’s military leader on Friday and offered to mediate to resolve tensions with the United Arab Emirates, according to the Turkish leader’s office. He said Turkey’s “core principles include establishing peace and stability in Sudan, preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, and preventing the country from becoming …

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45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army
1 week, 3 days ago

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-13 20:11 KHARTOUM - At least 45 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on residential neighborhoods and displacement camps in western Sudan, the Sudanese army said Friday. "Neighborhoods and camps in El Fasher city witnessed a significant massacre yesterday, as a result of deliberate shelling by …

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45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army
1 week, 3 days ago

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-13 20:11 KHARTOUM - At least 45 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on residential neighborhoods and displacement camps in western Sudan, the Sudanese army said Friday. "Neighborhoods and camps in El Fasher city witnessed a significant massacre yesterday, as a result of deliberate shelling by …

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Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
1 week, 3 days ago

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts. Now, Skau said, “it’s a triple crisis, and the needs are going to be massive.” While …

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UAE has long been accused of supplying weapons to Sudan rebels. Here's how it's happening
1 week, 3 days ago

UAE has long been accused of supplying weapons to Sudan rebels. Here's how it's happening

Firstpost  

Since the start of the war, dozens of cargo planes from the United Arab Emirates have landed at a small airstrip in eastern Chad. Image sources: Amnesty International/Reuters Since Sudan’s civil war broke out in April 2023, multiple allegations have surfaced accusing the United Arab Emirates of supplying arms to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. The UAE has rejected allegations of …

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AP photos in 2024 show a Middle East riven by wars, but also moments of grace
1 week, 5 days ago

AP photos in 2024 show a Middle East riven by wars, but also moments of grace

Associated Press  

An Israeli bomb hangs suspended in air, caught in a split-second image of a suburb in Beirut before it slams into an apartment building, passersby already bracing for the explosion. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Palestinian children are evacuated from a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza …

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ICC to wrap up war crimes trial of feared Sudan militia chief
1 week, 5 days ago

ICC to wrap up war crimes trial of feared Sudan militia chief

Hindustan Times  

The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country's brutal civil war wraps up this week. ICC to wrap up war crimes trial of feared Sudan militia chief The International Criminal Court will hear three days of closing arguments from Wednesday in the case …

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Sudan bombardments: At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days
1 week, 5 days ago

Sudan bombardments: At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days

CNN  

Reuters — At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. More than eight barrel bombs hit the market in the North Darfur town of Kabkabiya on Monday, the pro-democracy Al-Fashir Resistance Committee said. Khartoum State Government via Reuters An image shared by …

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Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan
1 week, 5 days ago

Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

More people killed in North Darfur and Greater Khartoum attacks as fighting between the army and the RSF turns bloodier. Dozens of people have been killed over two days in Sudan as fighting between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces intensifies, according to officials, activists and rights groups. On Monday, an air attack on a busy market …

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Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

Associated Press  

MARRAKECH, Morocco — In the early days of Sudan’s 2019 revolution, Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in closed-off sections of Khartoum. Such is the origin story of “Sudan, Remember Us,” Meddeb’s 75-minute documentary being shown in competition at the Marrakech Film Festival this week after screening at festivals in Venice and Toronto. The revolution, she …

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Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns

Al Jazeera  

Doctors Without Borders says fears growing that outbreak will spread from Upper Nile state to surrounding areas. An outbreak of cholera in South Sudan is “rapidly escalating”, a humanitarian group has warned, more than a month after the first suspected case was detected. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said on Friday that a total of 737 …

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South Sudan peace talks resume after 4 months and the sacking of a government delegation
2 weeks, 4 days ago

South Sudan peace talks resume after 4 months and the sacking of a government delegation

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — After four months and the sacking of a government delegation, the stalled South Sudan peace talks resumed Wednesday in Kenya, the latest effort to end the conflict that has long crippled the African country’s economy. The talks are taking place between South Sudan’s government and opposition groups that were not part of the 2018 agreement that …

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New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding for world’s crises shrinks
2 weeks, 5 days ago

New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding for world’s crises shrinks

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod to challenges in fundraising for civilians in war zones like Gaza, Sudan, Syria and Ukraine. His agency, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on Wednesday issued its global appeal for 2025, seeking $47 …

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Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Al Jazeera  

Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for. “Since 2004, the Janjaweed has been raping us and killing women and girls.” RSF closing in By November 2023, the RSF had conquered four Darfur states – South, East, West and Central – and looked like it would soon take the …

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They fled war in Sudan. But they haven’t been able to flee the hunger
2 weeks, 6 days ago

They fled war in Sudan. But they haven’t been able to flee the hunger

Associated Press  

ADRE, Chad — For months, Aziza Abrahim fled from one village in Sudan to the next as people were slaughtered. “We don’t have anything to eat because of the war,” Abrahim said, cradling her 1-year-old daughter under the sheet where she now shelters, days after crossing into Chad. Some 24,000 people have been killed and millions displaced during Sudan’s civil …

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