Sudan’s armed forces say they have taken control of a major highway connecting the capital Khartoum with the strategic city of el-Obeid in North Kordofan state, a development that could reshape the balance of power in the country’s protracted internal conflict. The army announced the capture of the Al Sadarat route, describing it as a […]
United Nations humanitarians have raised fresh alarm over rapidly deteriorating food insecurity among displaced families sheltering in camps in El Obeid, a major city in Sudan’s North Kordofan state. According to UN officials, more than 100,000 people who have fled ongoing conflict across the country are now living in the city under increasingly desperate conditions,
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Sudan’s prolonged conflict has profoundly reshaped the country’s demographic landscape, emptying entire regions of their populations while placing immense strain on the urban centres that have absorbed waves of displaced people, according to a Sudanese government minister. The remarks underscore the scale of the population upheaval accompanying one of Africa’s most severe humanitarian crises. A
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Sudan is facing an escalating hunger crisis as renewed conflict and disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have slowed the delivery of vital fertiliser shipments, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The combined effect of war and constrained maritime trade is intensifying food insecurity across the country, where millions of
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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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A Sudanese court has handed down a death sentence against Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with 15 other RSF commanders and allies, who were tried in absentia on charges of war crimes. The ruling marks one of the most significant judicial actions taken against the leadership of
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The United Nations has sounded the alarm over a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in El-Obeid, a major city in central Sudan that has come under a prolonged siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As relentless strikes continue and essential infrastructure collapses, civilians inside the city are reporting growing desperation, with food running low
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Years of armed conflict in Sudan have displaced millions of people and upended nearly every aspect of daily life, including the higher education of a generation of young people now scattered across neighbouring countries and beyond. Many of those affected describe themselves as “the lost generation of Sudan,” confronting an uncertain academic future far from
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging EU member states to formally designate Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a terrorist organization, in a significant escalation of European pressure over the spiraling conflict in Sudan. While the measure is non-binding, it carries considerable political weight and reflects a hardening stance among European lawmakers
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A fresh cholera outbreak is sweeping through war-torn Sudan, killing more than 100 people and deepening the humanitarian emergency confronting civilians already battered by months of armed conflict. The resurgence of the waterborne disease has raised alarm among aid workers who warn that collapsing health infrastructure and restricted access to clean water are accelerating the
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The International Criminal Court has signalled meaningful progress in its long-running investigation into alleged atrocities in Darfur, a region at the centre of Sudan’s widening conflict. In remarks to the BBC, court officials indicated that evidence-gathering efforts over the past three years have yielded what one described as a breakthrough moment in the probe. Three
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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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