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EU Imposes Ban on Sudanese Gold Imports, Restricts Mining Chemical Exports

The European Union has announced a new round of sanctions against Sudan, banning imports of gold from the country and restricting exports of mercury and cyanide, two chemicals widely used in artisanal gold mining. The measures are part of a broader effort to choke off financial resources fueling Sudan’s protracted armed conflict. Targeting the War […]

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UN Raises Alarm Over ‘Siege-Like Conditions’ in Sudan’s El-Obeid

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El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state in central Sudan, has been under what the United Nations human rights chief described as “siege-like conditions” for approximately 18 months, raising fresh concerns about a potential humanitarian catastrophe in one of the key front-line cities of Sudan’s protracted civil war. A city under pressure El-Obeid has long

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UN Warns Sexual Violence in Sudan Has Reached Unprecedented Levels as Tool of War

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United Nations officials have raised fresh alarm over the systematic use of sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, warning that the scale and brutality of attacks against civilians have reached levels not previously documented. According to the UN, these crimes are being deployed deliberately to instil fear and break apart communities, rather than occurring as

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Sudan drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in 2026, UN warns of new phase in three-year war

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The United Nations has reported that more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in drone strikes across Sudan since the beginning of 2026, underscoring what international observers describe as a dangerous new phase in the country’s three-year-old civil war. According to the UN, the rapid expansion of drone warfare represents a turning point in the

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UN Report Singles Out Both Warring Sides in Sudan for Alleged Violations

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A new United Nations report has identified both warring parties in Sudan’s protracted conflict for alleged violations of international humanitarian law, intensifying international scrutiny of a war that has destabilized the broader region. The findings, released in Monrovia as part of an AllAfrica daily news roundup, cast a rare dual spotlight on the conduct of

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Sudan’s War Enters Another Year as International Attention Remains Limited

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Three years after fighting erupted between Sudan’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the country remains engulfed in a conflict that has reshaped the lives of millions yet continues to receive only fragmented attention from the international community. The war, which broke out in April 2023, has triggered one of the most severe

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Sudan’s Forgotten War: Inside One of the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises

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Sudan’s civil war has killed 150,000 and left 25 million in severe food insecurity, yet the world looks away. Inside the crisis the world forgot.

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Sudan’s War Enters Its Fourth Year as Humanitarian Catastrophe Deepens

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When the guns fell silent for a few hours in April 2023, following the outbreak of fighting between Sudan’s Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, few imagined that the country would still be at war three years later. Today, as Sudan enters its fourth year of conflict, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated to

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