The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

The United Nations says the surging violence in Sudan is likely to drive over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October

The government has provided two charities - British Red Cross and Oxfam - with £125,000 each for humanitarian relief projects in the conflict-hit country, which includes life-saving medical supplies.

The heads of the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary RSF announced unilateral truces for the Muslim holiday.

A 600-mile-long network of stone walls along the Nile served as an ancient water management system.

There have been many reports from Sudan that fighters with the militia group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been taking over people’s homes, using them as bases as they continue their battles with the Sudanese armed forces. Videos have been circulating online documenting the RSF brutalising civilians in their…

Merseyside charity worker whose children are stuck in Khartoum says Foreign Office delays have trapped many in conflict zone

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces says it seized headquarters of heavily armed police unit in southern Khartoum.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the Nile’s water. Sudan and Egypt consider the US$4.6 billion dam a threat to vital water supplies. Ethiopia sees it…

The U.N. Security Council is calling for a halt to fighting in Sudan and the protection of civilians

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, Kenya President William Ruto said the world's multinational financial architecture needs to be "fixed". He also reacted to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, saying "there are already signs of genocide". More than…

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