The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Analysts suggest the Sudanese army pulled out of ceasefire talks to launch a major offensive to retake the capital.

Scots diplomat Fraser McDougall was just minutes away from delivering his best man's speech at a wedding when he got a call to tell him to prepare for a flight to Sudan.

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Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April.

Sudan's warring parties fought in the capital on Friday after the collapse of talks to maintain a ceasefire and ease a humanitarian crisis.

The conflict is creating a humanitarian crisis and continues with no signs of abating in its seventh week.

As lives are lost, families separated and cultural institutions destroyed, female authors, artists and activists speak of their anger, fear and grief as war rages in their homeland

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The US announces sanctions in Sudan as violence escalates, leading to the largest number of people killed in an attack around the capital since fighting broke out two months ago.