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Takeaways from AP story on child soldiers trained by Colombian mercenaries in Sudan

A new report by The Associated Press shows that child soldiers fighting for Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in its war have been trained by Colombian mercenaries

The Independent UK

AP Exclusive: Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan’s war and presence of Colombian mercenaries

Teenagers conscripted by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces to battle the army in the country's war say they were trained by Colombian mercenaries

The Independent UK

The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan’s music shaped a revolution

The revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023.

The Conversation

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PHOTO ESSAY: Sudan's capital eases to life again after 3 years of war

Khartoum has become a kind of ghost town after three years of war. Children wander through an amusement park in the shadow of some of the Sudanese capital’s most well-known buildings, now reduced to shells after attacks.

The Independent UK

The scars of war among survivors in Sudan

The war in Sudan has left deep scars, with thousands dead and millions displaced

The Independent UK

Sudan war victims seek justice in Kenya over claims of torture and sexual violence

It is the first attempt to prosecute members of the notorious paramilitary group RSF outside Sudan

The Independent UK

Sudan's war has left thousands missing. Many are buried in unmarked graves

Fahmy al-Fateh never made it home from war in Sudan

The Independent UK

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Sudan's war leaves Khartoum with unexploded mines and other weapons

Three years of war have left Sudan's capital studded with unexploded land mines and other weapons that have killed and maimed residents as they try to rebuild their lives

The Independent UK

Sudan’s war reshapes loyalties as civilians see ‘no option’ but the army

As Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, the army has retaken much of the country, shifting the balance on the ground. But the gains have also reshaped public opinion – with some Sudanese now backing the same military they once opposed, even as analysts warn the conflict remains deeply entrenched…

Radio France Internationale

‘Sudan has been destroyed due to the Emirates'

A devastating war is tearing the African nation apart — and officials say the UAE is secretly arming the militia

Evening Standard

The Sudanese revolution seven years on: undone but not defeated

The Conversation

Sudan conflict worsening with mass killings and famine, HRW warns

Sudan’s war has been marked by mass killings, famine and the deliberate blocking of aid as rival forces carried out war crimes across the country, Human Rights Watch said, while the United Nations warned the conflict has become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Commercial flights resume to war-torn capital after nearly three years

The airport’s opening is considered a vital step in plans to normalise life in the capital

The Independent UK

Race to save Sudan's plundered heritage as museums fall victim to war

In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in Sudan and beyond are racing to catalogue and recover the losses, estimated at $110 million.

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Sudan dream of Cup of Nations glory as conflict rages at home

When war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, Ammar Taifour was in a training camp with his club Al Merrikh in Khartoum.

The Conversation

Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict

Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions and killing in excess of 150,000 people – making it among the most deadly conflicts in the world today.

The Conversation

‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migration

I was in Khartoum when the conflict started. Armed soldiers of Arabs came to our house and they wanted to loot groundnuts, but my mother resisted opening the door. Immediately, one soldier shot her. I screamed but three of the soldiers surrounded me. They grabbed me and I was taken…

The Conversation

How a Sudanese university kept learning alive during war

The civil war in Sudan began in April 2023, causing death, hunger, displacement and destruction on a huge scale. Gihad Ibrahim, head of e-learning and senior manager at Mashreq University in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, spoke with The Conversation Africa about how his institution continued to educate thousands of students despite…

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Why has Sudan descended into mass slaughter? The answer goes far beyond simple ethnic conflict

The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres, looting and rapes.

The Guardian - UK

Deaths, disappearances and forced recruitment: refugees recount horrors of relentless war in Sudan

Refugees who left Darfur and Khartoum for South Sudan say they feared being targeted by both sides in conflict

Al Jazeera

Spread of diseases overwhelms Khartoum hospitals in war-ravaged Sudan

More than 5,000 cases of malaria, typhoid and dengue fever, causing dozens of deaths, were reported in last month.

Al Jazeera

Father reunited with family in Sudan after Al Jazeera news report

Fatma Ali and her children find hope after reuniting with husband and father Shamoun Idris amid war in Sudan.

International Business Times

Sudanese Lay First Bricks To Rebuild War-torn Khartoum

On the streets of Sudan's capital Khartoum, builders clear rubble from houses pockmarked with bullet holes, haul away fallen trees and repair broken power lines, in the city's first reconstruction effort since war began over two years ago.

The Independent UK

Sudan launches a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum as war continues

Health officials in Sudan have launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in the capital, Khartoum, to curb what humanitarians call a rapidly spreading outbreak

Radio France Internationale

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

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